Originally Posted by
zoooropa
Do what is right?
Interesting choice of words. I will defer to F9's post about what "is right". He covered it from top to bottom.
UPS is not an apples to apples comparison. The IBT UPS truck drivers went on strike. The IPA UPA pilots did not, they could not legally go on strike. When the brown trucks stopped driving, the boxes stopped moving. When the boxes stopped moving, UPS as an organization stopped moving and the planes were parked. The boxes could not walk themselves to the airport like a passenger. The UPS pilots may have dressed up and walked with the IBT truck drivers, but they definitely did not go on strike with them.
Check your facts here buddy, the pilots DID INDEED WALK WITH THE DRIVERS AT MIDNIGHT. The boxes did not stop moving, MGT tried to cover and failed. Not strike, wrong word, they SUPPORTED them and walked with them. MGT pilots tried to hold down the fort, but were unable to. The pilots helped the drivers get the contract they got because they, the pilots, refused to move a package without the drivers. Talk to a pilot that was involved with this. I do on a regular basis.