Originally Posted by
baseball
People's personal opinions, both within the guard/reserve, and OUTSIDE the guard/reserve are just that. Their personal views. How you FEEL about someone's decison-making process is up to you. How you feel is a personal thing.
Im not in congress so i have no power to change anything...but this is a public forum and again I was just responding to someone who said MIL leave has 0 adverse affect on their civilian employer. regardless of your beliefs i would hope you recognize that a civilian employer is affected, although is is a cost of doing business
Originally Posted by
baseball
I recall the IAH Ast CP saying...."you need to choose between Continental and your Navy unit." That ACP was relieved the day after the suit hit. He had his opinion and it cost him for running his mouth and being recorded doing it.
I agree that should cost him his job as a CP. that is not what I was saying and I would not support that stance for a second.
Originally Posted by
baseball
The three important things are: YES, the gaurd/reserve provides a viatal national defense function, and YES it costs money. and YES it's a drain on personal life and professional life. It's a compromise. UAL, like everyone else has to deal with that compromise.
no argument,
Originally Posted by
baseball
I will always take extremely strong exception to anyone speaking negatively about someone taking mil leave for what they perceive as an injustice to others, regardless of what day they were hired.
fair enough. while I will agree with you 95% of the time, I will always take exception to people who try to game the system for their personal advantage. i have known many people who are juggling their civ and mil job and it is a HUGE drain on their personal life. I also know a few that are taking advantage of their CIV employer (both in aviation and other fields). I guess we will disagree on that one
Originally Posted by
baseball
The company, just as the training department staff knows better than to mention something so reckless. You may have your personal opinions about someone taking short notice MLLV, or even MLLV while a new hire. I would encourage you to keep those views to yourself. You can't know, nor pretend to know all of the factors involved. That new hire may or may not be looking forward to all of the aspects of that activation, but regardless, it's none of your business.
I spent my entire childhood, from the day I was born til i was out of the house, with a parent who was between these 2 jobs. so yeah i can imagine some of the factors. I am not saying people need to leave the reserve or anything of the sort. if you knew me personally you would know that I am extremely supportive of the military and that includes the guard and reserves. I was just pointing out the ways USERRA affects the employer that some may not realize. again the person I quoted said MIL leave has 0 adverse affect on their employer. while it is your right (and I fully support you for doing so, you are doing our country a great service) to take MIL leave, it does affect your employer.
if I have come a cross as anti MIL that was not my intent. please take that for what it is worth. my opinions on the matter are from personal experience not anecdotal evidence. I assume you are a active member of our military and I thank you for your service.