Originally Posted by
CAL EWR
It's not about me being sensitive, it is about all the BS they mouth at our airline about dignity and respect etc etc.
Like Prater says it's time to take it back, not just at CAL the entire industry. It's not just about pay and benefits as a whole in our industry Captain's authority and overall respect for all pilots has gone down the toilet. One contract at a time we do need to take it back. Do you think this would have happened thirty years ago? Don't fall into the trap and allow our careers to continue to be degraded just because it seems in todays world it's acceptable or the norm.
I do my job today as I did yesterday and I will do tomorrow as a professional. I don't take this issue to seriously it is what it is but it is a slap in the face never the less and it motivates me even more to job my union job and help our pilots negotiate a real contract 08.
I do agree it is being a little bit too sensitive since other people had it worst like not even getting one.
But I am 100% with you that our career has degraded and pilots don't walk with the same pride and respect that years ago. As you said "it would not had happened 30 years ago". And the only people who can fix it are US (and I meant all 597,109 F.A.A active pilots) by being unified and showing all the different companies from flight schools to corporate, cargo and airlines that airplanes without pilots are grounded; and a grounded airplane means not business.
So let's start by being pride of ourselves and show that we are the blood making run our companies.