Originally Posted by
Spicy McHaggis
Thread has moved on somewhat from Joe's post earlier, but that's never stopped me before.
I had no skin in the game and was a child during both strikes. Not an airline family nor really knew any pilots.
Much later, one quote from a former co-worker at my old regional did hit home, however. He was asked a question by someone that was along these lines: "You were 8 years old. What's it matter? Where were you during the strike?"
His answer was basically, "Watching my father and my family lose everything."
Was his father one of the other airline employees who was laid off due to a strike, or a pilot who decided to sacrifice his home, mortgage or kids,college savings in order to "teach Lorenzo or
insert CEO name here?
Careful, I know people in both groups, like some of my classmates who were option 1 strikers who returned, as well as some that held out for over a year before crossing the line.