Originally Posted by krudawg

Scab this Scab that, what the h3ll are you talking about? The 570 got letters from United which said they are building a pool of qualified pilots for anticipated expansion. I got the same letter. It said that "upon successful interview process you will be sent to flight engineer training, if you pass the training you will be issued a Flight Engineer Certificate and then released from United and placed in a hiring pool. YOU ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO UNITED AND ARE FREE TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE" I did get that letter but because there was no job offer contingent upon completion of training,I sent United a letter stating I will be unable to accept their offer because I could not get a leave of absence from my current employer. I had absolutely no clue they were hiring for a scab pool, I took the letter for what it was - A free Flight Engineer Certificate with no offer of employment. Over 570 people were in a position to take United up on the offer. Sometime during their training, they learned from ALpa what was going on. To their credit, 570 pilots refused to cross the picket line, a small minority crossed and scabbed. Many continue to minimize the courage of those 570 for standing shoulder to shoulder with the striking ALPA pilots for reasons unknown to me. When the strike was over, the 570 went to work and the harassment they received from Company management pilots was legendary. You want to talk about scabs, go talk about scabs but never say the 570 were scabs.