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Old 10-03-2011 | 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
Forgot,

It depends on what you believe in and what you love.

Our profession hinges on one thing, unity. Without unity you are not "worth" half of what you are paid now. The example of Wilbur and Orvil having to flip a coin still stands today. You can be replaced, quickly.

You don't own unity and you can not sell it. If together we sell unity no one will honor what we are owed.

Truly we stand on the shoulders of giants who wrestled control of staffing airplanes away from managers who cared nothing about safety, experience or longevity.
That is 100% correct. But those giants of the past were represented by a union that were the biggest bunch of unified ball breakers you've ever seen. Today's ALPA definition of unity is unintelligible. Today's ALPA meets with management after having signed non-disclosure agreements, then meet later at an NBA game. Quite a difference.

Carl