Originally Posted by
Ottopilot
I fly with scabs, but I'm not a scab. Big difference. I was hired 20 years later (after the strike). I don't work for a scumbag airline (CAL), although that can be debated.
Anyone who works for a scumbag airline (Gulfstream) is a scumbag pilot. Gulfstream was started by a scumbag and is run as a scumbag operation. They take advantage of pilots today; therefore the word "scumbag".
How in the world does 1900 training cost $25,000? You can get any Boeing type rating for under $10,000.
Pilots have a choice: don't cross picket lines and don't pay to do your job. It may take longer, but you can do it.
I view it differently though. Kind of like they said in the Godfather, PFT is a harmless vice like gambling and prostitution. Being a scab is a dirty business like drug dealing. A lot of airlines used to PFT back in the day and this is Gulfstream it's not American Airlines. Really they don't affect anyone maybe besides other 1900 operators and they probably pay as little as gulf stream... It's more of a question of are you willing to grab your ankles to get to a major quicker by going to places like gulf stream or have better QOL and get there 10 years later at a regional that's not PFT?