Originally Posted by Mudhen200

Son - I don’t even know where to start or what to say. You are a lost cause. Name calling just makes you look silly. Nothing I have said should make you think that I don’t care about anyone junior to me or that I don’t care about our profession . I have spent years volunteering in ALPA. How many years of your time have you given to ALPA?
You are one of those tuff guys who likes to thump your chest and talk about how bad stuff is and how it’s always the fault of some senior guy or some weak MEC. Your kind never has an actual solution or even a logical rational thought. Nor will you step up, volunteer and work for the betterment of the contract. Just a lot of hot air.
You seem to be hung up on the idea that a strike will cure all that ails you. You see it as some holy grail that will achieve total victory and the best contract, not to mention a super cool battle star on your ALPA pin!
When seasoned pilots explain to you the legitimate, logical, and real reasons on why a strike can not happen at Alaska Airlines, you default to unprofessional silliness.
I don’t care if you believe me. I don’t care if you think poorly of me because I’m senior to you. I don’t care if you think your big balls leading the charge on a strike is all that is needed to improve our contact. I do know that I can’t count on you because you have proven yourself to be rather irrational. I hope that you will mature over the course of your career and become someone that can be counted on.
I use to be a hot head in my youth as well. Thankfully I started to listen and learn. I volunteered, I got engaged, I helped make a difference.
What are you going to do? Unfortunately, you will probably just swear some more, throw out a few more insults, and try to convince yourself that somehow guys like me are the problem.
Meanwhile, the truth remains. There will never be a strike allowed at Alaska Airlines as long as we have the responsibility of providing service in the great state of Alaska.