Originally Posted by
skigambia
I'm not saying it's right. I'm not saying it's wrong. I'm simply saying, this is the reality.
I beg to differ. What you said is:
Originally Posted by
skigambia
Dropped the ball? Far from. You don't waste negotiating capital on people who aren't on property. If the pay is preventing the company from getting quality candidates they will become very eager to go back to the negotiating table. In exchange for higher first year pay, the association will seek improvements in the contract that will help pilots who are on property and paying dues.
You explicitly INDORSED the tactic of screwing first year guys to drive down their quality to extort the company into paying the non-newbies more to ALLOW the company to pay the newbies a better salary.
That is just WRONG on so many levels, from professionalism and pilot group unity to safety to just basic morality.
Denying what you CLEARLY STATED is almost as reprehensible as stating it to begin with. Unless, perhaps, it reflects a little embarrassment that you actually said it to begin with. Even then you ought to be man enough to OWN IT, and admit that you were wrong to indorse it.