Originally Posted by
Hillbilly
So none of the pilots hired in 2007 and beyond have a dog in the fight for our next contract? I guess several frequent posters on these boards will need to cease and desist then.
While your statement doesn't change my dog in the fight, I disagree with the general sentiment. I do agree that when someone *****es and complains about something that happened when they weren't even here it comes across as disingenuous. I think T has made that very argument about PD before if I recall correctly. Basically an argument of "when were you hired? you weren't even here so shut your yap". I think he promptly got bashed for it too.
I hope everyone has a dog in the fight for the next contract, including new hires sitting on day 1 indoc. I think what has got some guys scratching their heads, myself included, is when you hear a guy talk about how much we have given up and how the company screwed us and on and on. Then you find out he/she got hired in 08. If memory serves me correctly we haven't taken any paycuts since before the hiring started in 07 and the people offered jobs since that time knew what the new contract/retirement/work rules and pay were when they interviewed.
I finally bit the bullet and jumped from the domestic 757/767 ATL to the NYC ER in 09. At that time, as we do now, we had new hires going straight to the right seat of the ER. So I'm in the lounge in the old T3 terminal listening to two 08 hires complain very loudly about being bumped back to reserve because of all the 00-01 hires that were bidding up there.
Stay involved, or get involved, but remember your audience when you complain about certain things. You may not get very much sympathy/support.