Originally Posted by
SpecialTracking
Those of us at UAL certainly do appreciate the pilots who wrote letters against our ATSB loan guarantee application. Another in a long list of distasteful acts.
Originally Posted by
Airhoss
It's kind of amazing that somebody like Intrepid would be upset that a competitor was trying to compete and thinks that they were capable of putting CAL out if business during the 1980s. If there was one true enemy of CAL and CAL pilots it was their very own Frankie Lorenzo and the vast number of "replacement" workers that were being hired. Not to mention bankruptcy 1 and 2 all within a 6 year period. If there was ever a once proud airline gone bad that needed to be put down it was CAL in the 80s.
Lie detector tests, false medical claims, massive management harassment, scabs galore, many of whom still grace us with their slimy presence, the place was truly an evil empire of an airline.
Read about it here.
Flying the Line II: Chapter 14
Whatever man. Post number 4 quoted above is a dig at the CAL pilot group. Intrepids reply points out that the UAL group is not without its own distasteful acts. I don't know of anyone who wrote such letters but I am sure some did, I believe Cal MGT did. As you said a competitor was competing. I agree with what Andy has pointed out, not much difference between the two campaigns.
Hoss what your post above represents is the double standard I see at times displayed. One act is distasteful if committed against LUAL yet justified if committed against LCAL because of our past. I got news for you, LCAL is part of OUR airlines history now, yours and mine at UCH.