Originally Posted by
cactusmike
I didn't say anything about AA's safety record. I foolishly was responding to a troll who said AWA pilots were somehow not worthy.
There are no EAL or CAL scabs I know of. The three Wein guys are long gone. Like I said, we are a diverse group. The guys that crossed a picket line are less than half a percent of our group.
You owe an apology and that doesn't cut it.
AWA was started with scabs. They had scabs from Wein, UAL, and EA that I know of. Most of you are not scabs, just as I am not, despite the claims of your co-workers.
You guys are worthy. You have every right to be proud of what YOU have done. But, many of my co-workers, and those of other airlines, have given their lives, and because of that we are much safer.
Unless you have never worked at a company that has had a fatal accident then you don't know how it feels. I knew someone that died in an accident that we learned from and made all of us much safer. You? Have you ever had your answering machine go crazy with friends and family wondering if you were alive? I have.
Advanced de-icing fluid, expansion of TDWR, runway incursion procedures and the 737 rudder issues are directly a result of the deaths of my co-workers and passengers. My wife had a classmate drown in an F-28 because the industry didn't want to spend the money or acknowledge the failings of type I fluid. It should never be brought up.