Thread: It's time to vote - a case study
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Old 12-01-2012 | 01:06 PM
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Coach67
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Originally Posted by Sunvox
I am a "No" voter, and a loss of this career would not be the end of the world for me, but I remember as a boy in high school sitting on my best friend's kitchen floor and listening to his dad, an Eastern Airlines captain, say almost the exact same thing. That gentleman ended up running a lingerie shop after he lost his job and couldn't find similar work plus he lost his house in the process nor was his the only story like that about which I am aware. I have similar stories about Pan Am and TWA pilots, all of whom felt they were "fighting the noble fight".

Not trying to sway anyone either way just making an observation.
Joe Peck
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Not picking on you or your observation but just piggy backing on your thoughts!

Thank God for those willing to fight the "Noble" fight and not succumb to mediocrity, fear, or "that's good enough, I'll just hold my nose and vote yes!"

Thank God for those Eastern pilots ... those Pan Am pilots ... those TWA pilots that were willing to fight for our careers! Those were the guys that built this career to one that we wanted to be part of! They didn’t drag our career down with mediocrity … they built it up brick by brick … contract by contract. They didn’t say … “I’m going to hold my nose and vote yes because I’m afraid of what MIGHT happen!" Are we willing to do less? Why is it that this career has waned to the point that there are less and less youngsters that want the job. Are we to blame? Is it because we were only interested in immediate gratification and the time value of money in the lifetime of the current contract?

We get the leadership we deserve! We get the contract we deserve as determined by our vote; as determined by our will to fight for better, instead of settling for fear and mediocrity!!
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