kcabpilot,
Wow! Obviously, your message is of such importance that you felt the need to post it 4 times. LOL.
Look, I have no axe to grind with you. I'll admit that I enjoy the verbal sparring at times, but I've got nothing against you or anyone else personally. I'm just sick and tired of the lousy, finger-pointing attitudes and selfishness that are destroying this airline. It's time we all proactively find solutions to our problems instead of wasting our time blaming everyone else.
As for bubbling over with giddy pride and self esteem, you misunderstand me. Based on the nature of my job, I see the numbers each and every day for this airline and the flights it operates. So I'm tuned in more than others to the financial performance of our airline. I try to take a pragmatic, yet optimistic approach to our situation. While I'm cautiously optimistic, I'm also confident that Glenn Tilton is the leader we need to fix this company. What about you? Can you do anything else besides complain? I'd rather hear about the job you do fixing aircraft and the problems that you're presented with. I honestly would. I find that a heck of a lot more interesting and thought-provoking than the usual, unintelligent, ignorant management bashing that seems to be sport among the uninformed. I truly sympathize with your work environment and conditions if they are indeed as bad as you say they are? What have you done to change it? Have you tried talking to anyone about it? Go all the way to the top if you have to. Email Tilton and clearly explain the situation. It can't hurt. But doing nothing but complaining about the situation isn't going to fix a thing. I think even you can figure that one out.
You see, I'm interested in some of the points you raised about lack of parts and things of that sort. Those are clearly identified problems that can be solved with the right ideas from those that do the job each day--you and your fellow mechanics. I remember robbing parts all too well when I worked in SOC at TWA. We even had to rob some parts of the simulators. Talk about an endless shell game.
As for having a cush job, once again I tell you that you don't have the first clue about what my job is and what it entails. If you honestly think that building this airline's flight schedule is a cush job, than I sincerely suggest you drop by and spend some time and educate yourself about such an ignorantly naive point of view. As for losing it, the only control I have over my job security is by doing the best job I can do each and every day because the bottom line is that job performance dictates whether I keep it. But that is the way I like it. I have no qualms with it whatsoever.
As for feeling so important, I honestly feel I'm no more important than the other 83,999 employees at this airline. It takes ALL of us to make this airline operate. Even though my job and department perform a critically vital role for the airline, I don't place any higher value on it than someone else's. We all contribute to the success or failure of this airline. I think it's my positive attitude that ruffles your feathers. Your axe to grind is clear. You justify your continually bad attitude because you've been treated so poorly for so long. Well, do you honestly think you're the only group to have ever gotten screwed at this company? Wake up and smell the JP-5! You seem so resigned to the fact that nothing will ever change and you will continue to be dumped on. So I guess that makes it ok to continue with a negative attitude that I'm sure carries over to your work performance at times. At least during those breakroom card games!! Yeah, that's the ticket. That'll turn this ship around.
What is YOUR answer to positive change, other than the typical fire all management because they do nothing all day anyway mantra that is better suited for debate in a grade school cafeteria? Are you active in your union? Are you trying to push positive change? What does your union leadership think of your supervisors and managers? You're paying dues to them, aren't you? Or are they to blame, too? Who isn't to blame in your book? That's probably a much shorter answer.
