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 apologize if this is a little off the topic, but I feel compelled to say something. I agree with CAL EWR that overall respect has gone down the toilet, and I think some in our industry are partly responsible for that trend.
I was just on the Regionals thread and saw a thread titled
Republic Promo. In a nutshell, it is a compilation of videos taken by what appears to be an E-170 f/o and placed on youtube.
I don't mean to sound anal-retentive about this, but when I see videos like that being posted on youtube, all I can think about is some kid in a pilot's uniform with Shiny-Jet Syndrome with a "this is so cool" attitude.