Originally Posted by
JoeMerchant
Originally Posted by
Nevets
I'm slow but I think I just figured out why I feel you are so antagonistic. Some people may call it cynicism but I actually think its your disgruntled apathy. You fought the good fight and got beat down really
good. Now you also try to be that "I told you so" elder statesman that knows how everything works and how other things don't work. But you choose to sit on the sideline and just criticize instead of trying to be part of the solution. Ya ya, brand scope. Somehow you seem to have convinced yourself that you cannot do anything about it. If you aren't going to help, why don't you just keep your amusement of us to yourself while better people actually try to make things better. Maybe some others would jump in and lend a hand in the battle. Or is it that we might threaten your way of life so you find a need to be who you are? Do you have a plan B?
I have been executing my plan B for over 10 years as the handwriting has been on the wall for anyone who wanted to see it....I've seen how badly ALPA screwed this up and how ALPA along with the mainline MECs actually supported and fanned the flames of this whipsaw mess. The IACP was actually the closest to getting control, but even there the mainline pilots screwed it up.
The fact is, at least 75 percent, if not more, in this business do what is best for themselves even if it comes at the expense of others....The unions, especially ALPA and APA have contributed to this and now we have the current mess that everyone has their panties in a wad over.....It didn't happen overnight, and many on here were participants in this mess.
You keep drinking that ALPA koolaid Nevets....Someday you to will probably spit it out.....
The thing is that even though I agree with you on much of what you say, I wouldn't blame individual ALPA MECs or APA for not using whatever leverage they may have to make things better at the regionals, whether that is brand scope or something else. These jobs we have flying RJs are theirs that they traded away and theirs if they really want them back. They can do whatever it is they want about these jobs they "gave" since it is their flying to begin with. If they don't care to take it back, then that is their business.
I only expect that our regional MECs get good pay and work rules for this flying that the major MECs don't want to do themselves. But I don't expect the major MECs to help us do that. Otherwise they would do that by simply deciding to insource back.
If that is drinking the kool aid, then I'm fine with that.