Originally Posted by
Jay5150
Evil, If I'm wrong, tell me where I'm wrong. Back up your facts about the DAL MEC coming to the OH MEC with a list of demands. They asked for preferential hiring. That's it. If we came with equal pay than what we were making, maybe i dunno'. Do you have a problem with that? If you do, fine. Strike that. Can we come over and not crap-can our multiple years of cloud plowing and start over? Any other regional on the planet was fine with that. That answer is easy.
Jay, I'll let Evil defend himself, but I'm guessing he was hired years after this all went down, so his picture of what occurred is about as factual as my view of what happened during the strike. All I know is what I've been told, by both Comair and Delta pilots, and the two versions disagree wildly. If you think you can find out the "truth" by reading this board, you must not follow the Delta L&G thread.
I've heard countless versions of what happened between JC and the DAL MEC. Believe what you want, it doesn't really matter anymore.
But here's the thing - do you really think Comair management decided not to hire Delta furloughs because of what JC Lawson though about it? If anything, had he supported it, Comair management would jumped at the chance to squeeze something out of us in exchange. (This is the same management team than had us stop carrying a small basket of starlight mints because it would save fuel. Seriously.) But of course, JC didn't, so here we are.
My new-hire class had furloughs from American, USAir and others who had resigned their seniority to come to Comair. Some carriers ignored the resignation letters, others didn't.
As you said, water under the bridge.
I forgot this captainv, it may well have been more personal given some logistical history.
Way back when, OH had an MCO base. DAL did too, and a fairly big one.
So OH goes on strike. Many, like myself supported that action, and as we lived there, suited up, drove over, and walked the line with those guys. I'm here to tell you, it was quite a few.
Fast forward to the post 9-11 events, and we furlogh. Then all the Lawson etc... BS goes down.
Who were the guys most affected? MCO was the junior base. Who walked the OH picket line? So you can see how logistics set up to make it a more poignant issue.
Yes you're right, many came over with "trash can" resignation letter agreements. We didn't have that. Not a gamble I would have taken.