Originally Posted by
Floyd
I've heard a lot of comments over the recent years which do give me pause.
..."i've been hired to turn this company around for the better."
..."i'm here to change the pilot culture."
..."the cpo is my friend and the union not so much."
..."i was 3 when the strike occurred, scabs don't affect me and it's time to let it go."
..."i'm not like those United pilots who were here in 2000."
... when enforcing the contract "the cpo might get upset."
..."if you refuse the airplane, you're going to inconvenience a lot of passengers."
I could go on but the above is a fairly good sample.
If those quotes are a reflection of your actual experience and not some kind of parable, I can 100% promise that the pilots speaking those words did not come up through the regional ranks.
Yet another reason why we should make every effort possible to bring up those with the greatest number of years experience in this industry:
When all the talk is done and the call to action is put out, you’ll find no others more locked and loaded ready to fight the good fight.
Not because we have more integrity than any other pilot out there, but because we have no illusions having been roasted on a spit for the lost decade with you, and because we feel it in our bones as the clear and present danger that it is.