First Eastern Winter Storm of Season

[safety stud]

Let is SNOW, Let it SNOW, Let it SNOW...

(As long as I don't have to go through PHL)...

 

[sharonstoneseat]

some senior mamas to fall down on their MUC layover and break their hips, whatever.

We better get back to the thread topic of SNOW before the MODS bang their gavels. *beams love to mods*

Tasteless humor and Bad Karma, if I were you I wouldn't step out in the snow today......

 

[VAflyGal]

Tasteless humor and Bad Karma, if I were you I wouldn't step out in the snow today......

No sense of humor.
Sorry, mama, if I offended you. I sowwy.

 

[ebwgs]

So now snow = bad LCC management. OMG you all are a miserable bunch of whiners.

I would never work for a boss or management team I hated as much as you seem to hate yours. Do yourselves and the world a favor and leave if things are that bad. You and LCC's customers will be much happier.

Bear96 I think it's fair to criticize when criticism is warranted. God knows there have been some mistakes made that have cost us dearly. But I really think that applies across the industry spectrum. Everyone screws up one way or another. There are some who will magnify our mistakes because it's US, and it's Tempe et al. The grass is never greener. Some of the disgruntled should take a significant leave and go work a 9-5. Sit behind a computer, and have that computer software track your every move during the day. When you go to the toilet, and how long you were there. Live for that 15 minute morning and afternoon break. And your 45 minute lunch. Living for Friday only to dread Monday. I don't like a lot of the changes that been made here: I wish they'd make the 330s more comfortable for our coach customers. I do like the new Envoy Suites and the wireless system they're installing on the 321s. I hope they don't run Hector away. Say what you want about Doug Parker, but there is no doubt that the man can shake the hell out of a money tree. And thank God for that. I'd rather get 2 bi-monthly paychecks from US Airways than from the Pennsylvania unemployment folks.

So, to further expound on your quote referenced above: Amen!

 

[flyus2]

I will speak for a few people that I know of, myself included, who have looked for other opportunities. Many of us are waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel - a new contract, a buyout, some senior mamas to fall down on their MUC layover and break their hips, whatever.

We better get back to the thread topic of SNOW before the MODS bang their gavels. *beams love to mods*

OUCH!!!! Did someone kick your puppy today? That's colder than it is outside!!

 

[Travelpro72]

Ohhhhhh over sensitive America. She was joking. For the love of God get a grip. What you see right now are airplanes sitting in PHL that haven't left since this morning. Yep island flights are STILL on the ground. Crews are going to go illegal and passengers will find themselves stuck in an airport all day and night. The mayor of Philadelphia has been on the news saying the only roads that are actually OPEN are emergency snow routes. So flight attendant/pilots are to make it to work how? A cab? Maybe if the cab is a Hummer. There is a difference between making a reasonable effort to make it to work and work understanding that it's just not going to happen. Instead of making the RIGHT call and cancelling the flight they will try to keep Philly trucking this eve as long as possible. Good business? No I don't think so and it shows how you give a damn about employees wanting them to go out in this kind of weather. Anyone think int'l flights are going tonight? AAAAAHAHAHAHA They'll call and try to get reserves though. Bunch of yahoo crackers. Hey can anyone google my house for me? 🙄

 

[Pacemaker]

Tempe? Tempe?!

Are they the geniuses that designed an airline with a route-structure where every hub and focus city is simultaneously impacted by every garden-variety winter storm that comes along?

 

[Bear96]

I will speak for a few people that I know of, myself included, who have looked for other opportunities. Many of us are waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel - a new contract, a buyout, some senior mamas to fall down on their MUC layover and break their hips, whatever.

This illustrates the classic victim mentality of unionized airline employees who have few marketable skills. The career strategy is to wait passively for something to hapen to someone else, and then try to move up the seniority ladder. This is considered an "opportunity." Not a good plan. I do not mean to single you out, VAflyGal. Your mentailty is typical of many who post here, and this is meant as a general comment to this type of thinking, not to you specifically.

The alternative is to try to take charge of your career / professional abilities / education / labor market opportunities, instead of being passive, hoping for the best and then complaining and blaming others, like management or your union, when your best-case-scenario ("I expect to be flying CDG once per week in 10 years no matter the financial states of the industry or of my airline, and if that doesn't happen I will be PISSED") does not come to fruition, as many could have predicted.

 

[VAflyGal]

OUCH!!!! Did someone kick your puppy today? That's colder than it is outside!!

I'm sooooo out of line.
People take themselves too seriously around here and are touchy touchy touchy.
It's becoming clear to me that I'm gonna be eternally junior here because the senior mamas and papas just will not leave and we certainly aren't hiring as we farm out all our flying to Republic and Air Wisconsin.
Whatever would some people do if they didn't ride option 16 every day. Bid sheet this, SAP that, "My Block," "Get my time in" blah blah zzzzz.

Fly the 330 transatlantic with an 80000 or 90000 employee number, get asked from a sneering post-menopausal crab "How did YOU get THIS TRIP?". Answer: "Someone must have died, I guess."

I'm sorry, I'm over the attitude of entitlement some people have because they've been pushing the cart for thhhhiiiissss loooonnnnngggg. Yay, you were on reserve for six whole months, uphill, both ways, backwards, IN THE SNOW.

I like this forum because you can vent and share stories and learn and laugh.

*slaps knee*

 

[Travelpro72]

If the company would only be proactive in situations like this instead of hoping for the impossible it would run much better. No snow storm impacting an airline and hub are fun or easy but CAN be made easier. NO, US will allow mob scenes to manifest at airports with poor passengers walking around in dispair. They will try and force and intimidate crew members into feeling guilty for "not trying" to get to work. They will put our poor rampers/caterers through the ringer outside on the ramp in conditions that are unsuitable and basically ridiculous to even attempt. Yep thats US and we're all just a bunch of disgruntled employees that hate our airline. I actually LOVE my airline and want it to succeed while being treated with respect at the same time. One can only hope.

 

[VAflyGal]

This illustrates the classic victim mentality of unionized airline employees who have few marketable skills. The career strategy is to wait passively for something to hapen to someone else, and then try to move up the seniority ladder. This is considered an "opportunity." Not a good plan. I do not mean to single you out, VAflyGal. Your mentailty is typical of many who post here, and this is meant as a general comment to this type of thinking, not to you specifically.

The alternative is to try to take charge of your career / professional abilities / education / labor market opportunities, instead of being passive, hoping for the best and then complaining and blaming others, like management or your union, when your best-case-scenario ("I expect to be flying CDG once per week in 10 years no matter the financial states of the industry or of my airline, and if that doesn't happen I will be PISSED") does not come to fruition, as many could have predicted.

First of all I don't believe you ever worked for UA as a f/a. Clearly you are anti union. I don't need a motivational speaker and I do not possess the mentality of which you speak. I am college educated with various professional licensures that afford me the opportunity to have other opportunities should they arise and I pursue them. That said, I LOVE MY job and am fairly contented with what it is, all things considered.
I do think it is retarded that they expect people to plow through this blizzard to get to the airport, safety be damned. Reserves to the rescue.
Anyway, with all due respect, I am done with you at this point. Clearly you are a much more evolved and studious creature than I who has the world at his feet. Goodie for you.

 

[Bear96]

That said, I LOVE MY job and am fairly contented with what it is, all things considered.

Hoping your colleagues break their hips (and so can no longer work), and depending on that for advancement to a position you want = content with your job?

OK, if you say so.

 

[Travelpro72]

She was joking. What is the deal with you? Go sled riding or something. 🙄

 

[BMIBABYgirl737]

Anyone know if DC is open yet?

 

[VAflyGal]

She was joking. What is the deal with you? Go sled riding or something. 🙄

Hesus Chris! What the mother?!?! Thank you, Travel. I'm glad someone gets it around here.

What a nightmare it would be to date that guy. So self-congratulatory and without humor.

Hey everybody, I heard there was a sale of Super Polident and Aspercream at CVS, and with the US Airways discount, you can also stock up on your insoles while you get your Ambien and Prozac refilled.

Ooohhh my joints ache. I can alllways tell when it's gonna rain or snow with this bad knee.

Yep, you're a regular human weather vein barometer, you are. Oh youuu arrreeee!