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Old 02-10-2013, 05:33 AM
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hammer189
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Originally Posted by scambo1 View Post
I agree the scam ship has largely sailed.

Awhile back, when rolling thunder was discovered as a little scam, I was actually schooled about it early on, by one of the greatest and recently retired schedulers during my tenure. I think it took about 3-4 months of doing it before DALPA gave it back...yes, gave. So you ask, what am I willing to give up...Nothing. What is my collective bargaining agent willing to give up? Seemingly everything that makes unionization worth paying for.
Rolling thunder was not "given away", it simply stopped working because we are overstaffed. In the summer months when (if) we are short it will work again.
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