Originally Posted by BeatNavy

I flew with 3 captains in the last 3 days. 2 had no lanyard. All wanted to single engine taxi in JFK and other snowy/icy places. All wanted to not write stuff up or wait until back in JFK to do it. One extended me without consulting me (he was fresh, I wasn’t). That cost me a lot of money, he got his though. None had read the union email. All did stand up PAs, 2 of which gave HORRIBLE and embarrassing comedy routines to already delayed and disgruntled pax. Nails on a chalkboard. All were on VDAs. One is good buddies with a fairly prominent union guy and proudly said he supports the union, had the grip and lanyard, but did EVERYTHING the union said not to do. After the first day I asked if he read the union email..he said no. He got to hear all about it and the P2P call. I showed him the email. He seemed surprised about the things the union wants us to do, like be safe and legal and write stuff up, not make excess announcements, and do...you know, pilot stuff. He ironically also had failed to do a lot of pilot stuff, but made sure his stand up was done. It’s so hard as an FO not only trying to mold to each different captain, but to stand up to them when they say “let’s write it up later or not at all. You cool with that?” Or “we will go out on one, it’s not that bad out.” One said his timeline for being in a dispute is Jan 31st if we don’t get anywhere with our next two sessions. I reminded him that Jan 1st was when our union leaders made it clear we are in a labor dispute. I lost a lot of faith in this pilot group this weekend. But hopefully enough of us can educate those who don’t read union email and message boards. Shocking how out of the loop some of these guys are. It’s only your job, future, and potential boost to pay/retirement/benefits that’s at stake.

I really hope the union starts giving out flyers to put in flight decks to educate the ignorant.