As an American pilot, nor do I. It was reprehensible and that was a dark day in AA pilot history. A very sad action from the group that Dave Behncke, founder of ALPA, referred to as his most stalwart unionists.

So what of their repair? Surely, AA pilots get some credit for rising against the greedy among them and throwing them aside, trashing the B-scale and restoring the former value?

So, Fireman, tell us what you thought of the recovery of the B-Scale Group at AA. And, also, comment on the sad actions of the TWA pilots, who not only sold out to a known pillager, but actually sought him out. Who sold out again and again, over a 15 year period.

This is not an issue between AA and TWA, except that we at AA are now saddled with a group of men whose entire career has been defined as selling out whatever they had of value for another day, minute or second off the unemployment line.

Is this a viable approach to a career? Anyone wish to answer this, or will we just proceed in typical fashion among pilots, with no real direction and everyone throwing in their two cents, but not really answering the question: is trading the entire future of your profession in for a few more years of decreased pay a viable, mature approach to enhancing the career given to you on a silver platter by men who literally bled to make it what it was?

The former TWA pilots (pre-1985) were some of the most professional in the history of the airlines. The men who have sold it out since then are some of the worst.