Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
OK then. You don't see what ALPA did to TWA pilots and to their own in-house union of workers as immoral. That explains it.
Carl
About as immoral as me not catching a mechanic having turned off Hydraulic B and getting a glare from the Captain when his tiller is locked in concrete. I screwed up, wish that I had caught it and I will be more careful next time. But the TWA situation is world's more complicated than my failure to notice a switch position. With TWA, the entire issue depends a lot on speculation:
- What would happen if they had just gone out of business
- What would happen if American really would have just bought the assets without pilots
- What would happen in bankruptcy before a Judge
I'd have fought releasing section 1 and if it happens here, I will fight it. The TWA pilots should have fought it AND if ASA can throw ALPA's attorney out of the room during final negotiations, TWA could have too.
This is kind of like two lovers fighting because the kid turned out ugly. They both knew what they were doing when the wine and roses came out.