Now, I will entertain comments from non-anonymous contributors. When writing, please stand up and state your real name and credentials so that others may fairly assess your credibility:
Steve G, Locker 3933, MD11 FO MEM, Alpa member for 12 years at three different airlines.....
You seem to want to draw some ridiculous moral high ground because "you were there."
Well, my pop was 31 years in ALPA Local 1, NWA, MSP base. I could get him to reply to you, but I can tell you what he'll say: PAY YOUR GODDAM DUES and we'll listen to you.
And this little nugget right here:
I have never even once thought that a senior pilot was "in my seat," and wanted him out so that I could move up. Never. The very idea of this is the moral equivalent of crossing a picket line and it is the very "scab" mentality that has brought ALPA to its knees.
You do realize, don't you, that you just gave the highest insult to about 70% of the profession (including the vast majority of the "old school" guys that maintained the age 60 rule for so many years). This from a genius in marketing....
RSO - RIGHT SEAT ONLY