Originally Posted by
jsled
I just ran into a UAL retiree doing contract work at TK. I remember his story well. He was hired at CAL in the 70s. Went out on strike in '83 and never returned to that scabbed out POS airline (no offense). He struggled for years, finally landing a job at UAL in '88. He was in TK when he met one of his former CAL Capt buds who after nearly 15 years at CAL had went out in '83 and never went back to that scabbed out POS airline either. Moral of the story...CAL was a scabbed out, POS airline.
Enjoying the windfall,
Sled
All of these things happen over 25 years ago!!! One of the main reasons I came to CAL was because of the turn over. Age 65 delayed it but all of the players will soon be retired like your friend or dead from old age. We can continue to have a stupid-off on this forum tearing each other down, talking about how tough our group is, was, could-have-been or try to co-exist. Fact is the next 25 are what are important to us. I know this is falling on deaf ears, it makes ya feel good to call the other team son of scab, or brain surgeons, but really does it do any good? Or in the long run is it hurting us all?
Sled, I quoted you in the above but this is really directed to everyone, myself included.