Originally Posted by
LifeNtheFstLne
That's a pretty ignorant statement. Surely you're intelligent enough to know that not all attorneys are opportunists. There are many areas of law they can practice, just as there are many fields of aviation you could have pursued. I felt the need to comment because I am married to a lawyer, and she has far greater ethics than most of the pilots I know. To compare someone like her to a scab disgusts me.
While I agree the statement was over the top, the reality is if there's a buck to be made, you'll find a lawyer to take the case. You know you've got an ethical lawyer when they tell you a case is loser. Like you, I know lots of lawyers with morals, but pretending there's not a lot of dirtbags out there (yes, they exist in every profession) is to ignore reality. Don't know if you're LCAL or LUAL, but if you're not outraged over the sense of entitlement expressed by the lawyers in UALs bankruptcy filing, where the legal firms made close to a billion dollars while the rank and file employees lost billions, not much bothers you. The lawsuits over LOA25, "Retro", inevitably the SLI, etc. will probably produce nothing but billable hours for lawyers.