Originally Posted by
baseball
I disagree. I flew with three check airman who preached it over and over. They had no connection to the union. I understand that during a check airman standards meeting management showed up and scared the instructors to death. The company said whatever they said, over and over again....they didn't stop preaching and teaching until the instructors and check airman came out singing the same song.
Try to find any press release or 10K filing from the time with the word "bankruptcy" in it....you won't. It was a completely internal fear campaign and it worked like a charm. Many check airman at the time, especially IAH based, were also premier members of the Friends of Fred club, no surprise there.