I'm kind of torn.
{rant on}
On one hand, if you are a US pilot, it does bother me to know that somebody with an IQ somewhere south of the century mark can come across an ATP these days. That said, I'd love to show up with the piney one in tow wearing about 16 cockroach pins and see if you, your company, or union has the cajones to toss somebody off the aircraft for doing nothing wrong. Should you turn out to be an FA, I'd love to dare you to get the PIC to throw the cockroach bearing pax off the aircraft--same reason. And the funny thing is that a couple of US1s would not even have to intiate any kind of legal action to have you dispatched from your job--a simple letter to US explaining where 200-300k of butt-miles and 5 or 6 figures worth of revenue just went ought to do that trick just fine in these trying times.
Ever hear the line about biting the hand that feeds you? Bob likes flying your airline and apparently [STRONG]goes out of his way to continue to fly US[/STRONG], and you flame him anyway. "He who has the Gold"--does it ring a bell? It'd be one thing if Piney has been off base, but he's been spot on. I don't care if you like him--it would be a really good thing of you to like his revenue.
You strike me as the rarest of all bird (if indeed you are a US employee)--like Bronner, you need to learn when to keep your pie hole firmly clamped so as not to scare of pax--nice US1 pax in this case.
{rant off}
Cheers.
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