Originally Posted by
AllenAllert
BenS wrote a scathing letter to returning furloughed LUAL pilots to Houston LCAL. Essentially, threatening them for not socializing with SCABS. As professionals, we do our job and deal with the SCABS. the company or a rogue ALPA leader can not threaten our job for not socializing with any undesirable, specifically SCABS.
I must have missed that letter. I've had a couple of long conversations with BenS over an issue and found him very professional and cordial. I felt the same (professional and cordial) when I had conversations with LAX and SEA UALALPA reps.
As far as equating the behavior to scab actions, those that padded their time deprived other pilots of the opportunity to work. There are a lot of parallels. I'm past being angry about that behavior, but it certainly isn't the type of behavior that makes for a strong union.
Edit: let me toss in one more action that I found very distasteful by the union. When the post-BK money was being divided among the pilots, there was an arbitrary date picked and if you weren't on property by that date, you got something like 10 shares of post-BK stock. I wasn't recalled prior to the cutoff date so I got ~10 shares. Delta's pilots included everyone on furlough when the money was divided up.