But that doesn't excuse what happened recently when a Charlotte-based US Airways pilot wouldn't let three American pilots sit in the jump seat of his aircraft. American and US Airways merged on Dec. 9.
Now, he should have let them on, just to be a 'nice guy'. But, we're not all nice guys all the time. We have bad days, and in his mind, if AA (or yet another carrier that he has been merged into) is a cause of those bad days, since management surely does not care to properly address the broad reaching issues (not only financial) surrounding a merger, at least try to avoid issues where we can? Also, he is one pilot. One, in a pool of thousands.
The letter concluded on a conciliatory note: "If you see an American pilot please take the time to introduce yourself and apologize on behalf of the US Airways pilots for this senseless selfish display of power and let them know they are welcome on our flight decks."
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