Originally Posted by
Packrat
Totally apples to oranges. When you lose an aircraft type, your Company holds a class and requalifies people. That takes a month. To get a TS requires $30K and 3 to 12 months.
In the meantime, you ARE NOT QUALIFIED to fly the mission. Big difference.
Gee...and all these years, ALPA has told everyone that they are there to protect pilots rights and interests while holding management to the same language of a CBA that they so happily hold pilots to.
Who knew that ALPA was really there to protect management and their desires? Frank Lorenzo must be so happy, he finally got what he wanted. A union that turned it's back on it's responsibilities and sided with a bankruptcy judge over the very pilots they represent.
Or claim to.
I don't know how long you've been in this business, but you would do well to learn what others sacrificed to make YOUR job possible. Not that you will likely care, but it might save you from having to open your wallet, pull out your money and buy a round. Or maybe just keep you from looking like a total fool.