Originally Posted by
SpecialTracking
A minor disagreement on one small point? You forgive and associate with scabs. I cannot fathom the mindset that brings one to the conclusion that scabbing is ok.
I congratulate you on your steadfast belief that their transgressions of thirty years ago should be forgiven. I wonder if you might change your mind if you found yourself walking a picket line, watching scabs flying your aircraft, wondering if you will have a job to return to. Then you go home only to face your family questioning if you will be able to provide for them. I'm sure the scab is concerned for your predicament.
For the sake is of discussion, how long would it take you to forgive your scab friends if they scabbed again and you honored the picket line? Are we talking months, years, or decades?
ST, I wasn't there at the time, but a review of the history of our strikes might explain the difference in attitudes at LCAL vs. LUAL. LUAL had a one month strike that the union won. LCAL had a two year strike that Lorenzo won. The strikers came back outnumbered, without a union, and many of the strikers had less than positive views of ALPA. After the better part of a decade, an independent union (IACP) was brought back on the property in the early 90s. That wouldn't have been possible if the strikers hadn't worked with the scabs, and that's a large part of why the attitudes at the carriers are so different. Subsequently, ALPA had no choice but to accept the IACP membership in its entirety if it wanted CAL pilots back in the fold.