It's true tho!
He spends more time thinking about my employer than I do AND I work there.
American? Silent
United? Also silent
JetBlue? Absent
FDX? Nada
UPS? Zip
But every time he sees a widget, CC be like:
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I'm not even flattered, it's just gotten really... "weird"
I was an open book in my situation.
I said I hit the job fair rounds in 2016/2017 after the merger announcement when it became rumored that the NYC base would close. I applied to the big 3 simply for their NYC base. I did t apply to jetBlue because I felt that it would be too much of a lateral move.
Base closed, moved in 2019 to LA, plandemic started 2020, and the rest is history. I no longer had a reason to go to the NYC base anymore. And with the pandemic killing our industry as initially thought, I stopped paying airline apps at that time circa 2020.
As for your insinuation about silence on Delta and United, I already addressed those carriers too in the past.
OBAP 2016:
Delta - had a bunch of FAs in presence that passed out business card thingies that basically said, this is just a meet and great and in no way is an interview or guarantees an interview. That was the start of the arrogance displayed by Delta.
United was not egotistical, but still made it seem like a mountain. You should upgrade they said. Yes sir, I’m trying. Then he said, your chances increase if you can set up a meet n greet with a base CP or ACP. I asked him, aren’t you the one for IAH? His answer, yes. In a consequence free world, the proper answer would be, “well, Ta dah, I’m here…”
But I said ok, thank you, I will absolutely try to get a CP or ACP meet up.
AA was the most laid back. An early 1990 something hire. Just had upgraded recently. He asked me Virgin, didn’t Alaska just buy you guys? I said yes. He goes, why you here, just enjoy that. Then went into his career and talked a bit about AA. He was honest about the post merger life and how he felt. He ended with a honest take, that of 100 slots, half were military, half were civilian. But of the civilian, 35 / 50 were for flows and as an off the street guy, I was competing for the 15 out of 100 slots. I appreciated the open honesty. He ended with a handshake, and said: “seriously, enjoy what you have.”
AA was the best to talk to, down to earth and honest. United was methodical by the book approach. Delta was the most ego trip.
As for FDX and UPS I never applied there because of no NYC base, but the couple times I have written about them I get told to stay in my lane and that I dont know cargo ops.
