Oh Unitemirates I
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Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Embarrassing. The mid 20s something CAs at legacies are going to be interesting. Their only suffering was Covid, and that was a paid stay at home. They have only seen the ups of this job, not the downs. So it’s easy to present the glamour of this job. Sub 1 yr CAs has changed the expectations and drives the instant gratification social media kids/young adults. All for clicks and ratings, likes, and subscribes.
He wrote a book called 3 feet to the left. 1 yr 9 mos at American Eagle to United Airlines and was the youngest CA at United. Me, me, me.
He wrote a book called 3 feet to the left. 1 yr 9 mos at American Eagle to United Airlines and was the youngest CA at United. Me, me, me.
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Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
You don't like competition!?
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Ouch
FurloughedAgain
2.0 out of 5 stars
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Summary: Captain chooses to delay flight because he doesn’t want to get a cab. Saved you $4.00
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2019
“Korry with a K” never really came to understand those furloughed pilots he sat three feet to the left of. He never appeared to understand that many of them followed the same path that he did, but a decade earlier. They too did everything right. They too had the drive and the perseverance to grab the brass ring. Fortunately for Korry the arbitrator put those pilots, many who were flying professionally while he was still in high school, behind him on the integrated seniority list. As Gann once said, Fate is the Hunter and Korry is a beneficiary of someone else’s misfortune. He isn’t sitting three feet to the left because he was smarter, or a better pilot, or just a super guy (can’t imagine why there was any aversion to getting a taxi in Vancouver though, that’s bizzare) but rather because he was lucky. Lucky to be born at the right time, to intern at the right company, that just happened to be hiring when every other company had pilots on furlough. Lucky to be merged into one of the worlds largest carriers, and lucky that the arbitrator’s ruling was to his benefit. I don’t fly for his carrier, but if I were one of those pilots sitting three feet to his right that was furloughed post 9/11 when Korry was still in college, I would be pretty irritated to see him publishing a “hurray for me” book celebrating his accomplishments (with a few relatively benign challenges related to his leadership abilities). Most of his right seaters learned those skills flying for regional airlines, flying business jets, flying for the military. Look, I can’t fault the guy for being in the right place at the right time. Good for him. But flaunting his success on paper while sitting to the left of the true casualties of the 9/11 furloughs and the lost decade seems tasteless. His wife’s assertion that it was God’s path that they be furloughed. That for some reason God wanted him to be Captain and them to be furloughed is laughably arrogant. Sorry Korry with a K. I read your book, you got my $4.00. But I just can’t gush over all of the leadership lessons you learned switching seats. The lost decade still stings too much, and I just didn’t get the impression that you will ever understand that.
FurloughedAgain
2.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Purchase
Summary: Captain chooses to delay flight because he doesn’t want to get a cab. Saved you $4.00
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2019
“Korry with a K” never really came to understand those furloughed pilots he sat three feet to the left of. He never appeared to understand that many of them followed the same path that he did, but a decade earlier. They too did everything right. They too had the drive and the perseverance to grab the brass ring. Fortunately for Korry the arbitrator put those pilots, many who were flying professionally while he was still in high school, behind him on the integrated seniority list. As Gann once said, Fate is the Hunter and Korry is a beneficiary of someone else’s misfortune. He isn’t sitting three feet to the left because he was smarter, or a better pilot, or just a super guy (can’t imagine why there was any aversion to getting a taxi in Vancouver though, that’s bizzare) but rather because he was lucky. Lucky to be born at the right time, to intern at the right company, that just happened to be hiring when every other company had pilots on furlough. Lucky to be merged into one of the worlds largest carriers, and lucky that the arbitrator’s ruling was to his benefit. I don’t fly for his carrier, but if I were one of those pilots sitting three feet to his right that was furloughed post 9/11 when Korry was still in college, I would be pretty irritated to see him publishing a “hurray for me” book celebrating his accomplishments (with a few relatively benign challenges related to his leadership abilities). Most of his right seaters learned those skills flying for regional airlines, flying business jets, flying for the military. Look, I can’t fault the guy for being in the right place at the right time. Good for him. But flaunting his success on paper while sitting to the left of the true casualties of the 9/11 furloughs and the lost decade seems tasteless. His wife’s assertion that it was God’s path that they be furloughed. That for some reason God wanted him to be Captain and them to be furloughed is laughably arrogant. Sorry Korry with a K. I read your book, you got my $4.00. But I just can’t gush over all of the leadership lessons you learned switching seats. The lost decade still stings too much, and I just didn’t get the impression that you will ever understand that.
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Yeah right. I love knowing when I put in my real name to google, I get no legit hits. Also, I officially don’t fly for any real airline. Online I claim to only work for a virtual airline.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
Good god. Thousands of pilots upgrade and do their job quietly and with dignity, but this new brand of millennial doosh nozzle just can’t imagine not making a public spectacle of it.
Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
Yeah right. I love knowing when I put in my real name to google, I get no legit hits. Also, I officially don’t fly for any real airline. Online I claim to only work for a virtual airline.
I was referencing your "me, me, me" attitude. You're an extremely selfish creature. So imagine my surprise to see you criticizing another creature with similar behaviors.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
There’s a difference between selfishness and narcissism.
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
I think you meant I’m politically selfish
But in terms of interactions with people, I’m a nice person, I give to charity, I don’t volunteer as much as I should, but maybe I’ll pick it up in the future. It isn’t just me, me in real life going about every day. I don’t even tell people what I do unless they ask, and even if I did, this job isn’t exactly a homerun in my culture (despite the good salary).
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
It’s not even millennials…
Paul Holte on Instagram: "Wrong answers only. • • #pilotsofinstagram #pilotlife #flightattendantlife #avgeek #crewlife #airlinepilot #b767 #requestline #myunitedjourney #beingunited #unitedtogether"
906 likes, 37 comments - mylayoverlife on February 22, 2022: "Wrong answers only. • • #pilotsofinstagram #pilotlife #flightattendantlife #avgeek #crewlife #airlinepilot #b767 #requestline #myunitedjourney #beingunited #unitedtogether".
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But the cake was this letter penned to the potential United furloughees in 2020 when the pandemic hit and no one knew how bad it would be…
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
It’s not even millennials…
Paul Holte on Instagram: "Wrong answers only. • • #pilotsofinstagram #pilotlife #flightattendantlife #avgeek #crewlife #airlinepilot #b767 #requestline #myunitedjourney #beingunited #unitedtogether"
906 likes, 37 comments - mylayoverlife on February 22, 2022: "Wrong answers only. • • #pilotsofinstagram #pilotlife #flightattendantlife #avgeek #crewlife #airlinepilot #b767 #requestline #myunitedjourney #beingunited #unitedtogether".
But the cake was this letter penned to the potential United furloughees in 2020 when the pandemic hit and no one knew how bad it would be…
Wow. What an ass. But he does appear to be a millennial. Say what you will about the boomers and gen x, but they aren’t the cause of this social media narcissism.
sorrygottarunway
Well-Known Member
And just think… you’ll be competing with 20 something mainline captains when putting offers in on real estate! I can’t imagine what I would have done with an extra 200k salary when I was in my 20s.
DeltaAlphaNovember
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Fast cars and faster women.
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
25 and flying a Dreamliner. She’s gonna give Swayne a run for his money. Like, subscribe, and vote this up.
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And she drives a Tesla. All she needs now is a boat, and an ex-wife.25 and flying a Dreamliner. She’s gonna give Swayne a run for his money. Like, subscribe, and vote this up.
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Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Seriously. These kids have no idea how good they have it these days, getting hired at legacies young AND the fact there are UNfilled Capt vacancies. Imagine making a CA salary at 25 at United. Wowza!
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
I suspect they’ll find out what concessions, furloughs, and downgrades feel like real soon. Be glad these “influencers“ are the cushion for all of you on the bottom of the list.
