Originally Posted by
atdhockey
It's not my fault you voted in a crap contract that I had nothing to do with to allow the "practice jets" to steal your routes. Look we all made choices and in high school when you voted in that craptastic CBA that gave scope away I knew then it was bad. Oh but you got your pay increase at the expense of other pilots being furloughed. Don't come on here and give us your story of how you used to walk up hill in the snow both ways. I have to live in the mess your generation has put me in both in the airline world and outside of it. So thank you for this. Don't give me your sob story. I don't feel bad for you. I would never deny a jumpseat to anyone it should be a something we can use as a privilege for all the hard work each and everyone of us has put into this job along with the crap. The idea in mind in denying is that your okay with this when you shouldn't be. I'm so tired of ALPA and mainline pilots that just let crap go. "Well it doesn't affect me so why do I care" same attitude you guys have had for years. You have a a position in which your pilot group as a whole can put pressure on the company. More than all UX carriers can. Oh wait are we all nearly in the same super union that's supposed to be the best for us?
Not asking you to feel sorry for me. I'm telling you that regional pilots today have had it easier than at any time in the history of aviation. Name me another one and I'll shut up. It's a fact. Deal with it.
I'm not the one on here throwing the threats.
United Pilots are not here to fight your battles for you. You are not even employees of United Airlines. We are pretty full up fighting our OWN battles in case you didn't notice. What makes you think we are in a position to change this policy??????? That's YOUR MANAGEMENTS job. They negotiate the pass travel policy! Go talk to them! UAX flies more than 50% of our domestic passengers. I have no idea how many of you there are out there, but I wouldn't be surprised if you collectively outnumber us at this point. So how come YOU don't do anything about it?
Your recollection of the history of our contract is inaccurate, so I won't bother to go down that path with, but I find it ironic that in the same post you acknowledge that we were powerless against our management team to fix the inadequacies of our contract when it comes to pay, retirement, scope etc. but now think that miraculously we have some pull with management over fixing a travel policy gaff for employees of A DIFFERENT COMPANY.