I no kidding had a sparky scab captain tell me to go F myself in the crew van in SFO yesterday...TINS..

Goes like this. Deadhead into SFO in plain clothes, go to ACS van. Ask driver if he is for me, another piloten in plain clothes comes out of the van and asks if I'm going to KIX. I say no.

Anyway, while the driver is checking on who he is supposed to take, another captain shows up from a deadhead in full uniform with hat...I think I see an Alpa pin on him and don't pay him anymore attention.

We all three get in the van, so I ask the guy who was going to KIX what airplane he was flying, 400 or 777. He says the 787. ( I didn't know sparky was flying that route)

So, I had to ask if he mostly fly's with scabs.. His reply, "I wouldn't know." Hmm. As I'm figuring out my follow up, the captain that was in the van turns around ad says "I'm going to Osaka tomorrow and I'm a SCAB and you can go F yourself"

I replied "Wow, that's something to be proud of being a SCAB."

He says "You have a big mouth." I say "No, I have honor and integrity."

Silence until getting to the hostel 30 minutes later, except for the f/o talking about dinner plans with the scab.

We are getting out of the van and the sparky f/o looks at me and shakes his head. I say "yes, disappointing that you accept scab behavior....

The scab had a half hour to think of a comeback and mumbled something but, I left them with this "Don't worry, the United pilots will be coming to that airplane soon enough."

Take-aways

1) I am truly honored that a POS Scab told me to go F myself when I wasn't even talking to him.
2) I despised the scab sympathizer f/o just as much if not more than the pos SCAB cap!

Sorry to hijack the thread.

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