Originally Posted by
Joeshmoe
Funny how many of us forget where we came from. I guess all of these bitter a**holes were hired at a major flying a nice big Boeing a week after the wet commercial ticket was issued and never worked at an outfit that was less than desirable. Then again they were probably bagged on when they were coming up through the ranks so why not pass it on. Not intelligent enough to stop the cycle I guess.
Of course I don't forget where I came from. Worked my way through college in a Union job. Walked two picket lines and saw the result of scabs stabbing labor in the back. 11.5 years in the Navy fighting tossing decks and hauling sailors and Marines to places they didn't want to be. Flying 18 hour missions across the Pacific.
But, I never took a non-Union job that undercut a Union contract OR crossed a picket line. Those are, by definition, equally onerous. And the name for them both is the same --
SCAB!
The way to the top of the food chain is
NEVER over the bodies of people you've stabbed in the back. Then to ask those same guys for a jumpseat is the pinnacle of hypocrisy.