Discuss it with ME??? Ben, I'm happy to carp about our past over beers but I really don't think we have anything to discuss. You're not my rep, I'm simply a junior line puke concerned about the next CBA and incensed about all the fratricide going on around here, period.

Your reply begins with what happened at CAL in 1985. Then USAIR. What decade was that, and what does it have to do with where we are today and where we're headed?

Wow. I've been paying dues ALPA dues since 1887 and NONE OF THAT MATTERS. Who cares?

We are supposed to be one group of pilots now. One. Absent that, we're screwed and our next contract will be full of concessions in exchange for a few bucks. In totality, we will have given up the farm for the hourly rate. We will be moonwalking all the way to mediocrity.

PS. I HATE scabs.