I am with all of you, on sunday at PHL I saw a MESA FA with four earings in ONE ear, ohh and heres the kicker, it was a MALE FA! What a disgrace it is to see our mainline system eroded by our own managment. I suppose I can dream for the day of say 600 Mainline Aircraft but I know that this will never happen when we have a managment with no vision.
Hopefully one day such a team will come but until then It is up to us to keep the professional image present, and keep our pax on mainline metal. I continue to be proud of the employees of U, and even the USE WOs. I know our pax are as well. We must continue the fight. Short term wise, I DO NOT hesitate to comment to the contracted employees wearing our uniform if they do not wear it right, I would encourage all of you to do so as well.
Cape, I realize that you take great pride in your job and your company, I will say that USE pilots have put forth a professional appearence with nearly each of my encounters.
Another company to look out for is Shuttle America, I recently saw one, who just happened to be grossly overweight, in an exit row on a full 319. Upon push-back she released her seatbelt which remained un-fastened for the duration of the flight, AND SHE WAS IN UNIFORM!!
AKA_64, Im with you, there are some jobs that should not be done if you cannot speak english clearly, MY family had to learn english when comming here in 1911, so can all of the recent immigrants! We are a professional airline, and those wearing our uniform should strive to exibit the professionalism displayed by Mainline ( btw, I know there are problems here too but that is for another post ).
To everyone, ML & EXP , If our managment does not wish to be the global carrier of choice, it is incumbent upon the employees to do so, keep up the great work and I will see all of you on the line.