1. lots of people who lived through the strike at CAL said that about scabs. I flew with many CAL 95-01 hires (pre CAL being desirable) who were legit union dudes who said exactly that. And for all the forum chest thumping about scabs I rarely see guys at the briefing tables treating slick ties any differently. Always been a pet peeve of mine

2. I highly doubt I’ll be furloughed, so to ascribe selfish motivation to my desire to take a paycut to help the people I’ve flown with over the last year is an attempt to discredit me without really addressing the real issue.

3. Obviously I cannot answer every question about how lower guarantee mechanics would work... but that doesn’t negate the ability to do it. It will mean less money for all those on property... to try and dress that up any other way would be be disingenuous,

4. It’s not a concession because it isn’t good for the company after recovery. It’s a concession to your desire to make more money at the expense of someone else on the street

5. I’m NOT saying there isn’t a bottom floor at which we have to furlough. I’m not down to cut guarantee to 35 hours.... but to think we couldn’t do 15 and save hundreds of pilots... really??

6. I don’t have to have been furloughed to see the holes in somebody’s argument. One of my favorite sayings in the military: “when you’re right you’re right.” Doesn't matter if it’s an E-3 calling BS on an E-6, if someone isn’t operating correctly, call it out. At least that’s how my shop worked. All I’m getting is
- “it doesn’t work that way“
- “the company wont do it”
- “you’re shaming people”
- “you’re publicly negotiating”

please expand and tell me why I’m wrong, but so far nobody has
- explained how a lower guarantee helps the company post COVID
- why we shouldn’t be ashamed that we didn’t do more to help the people on the bottom of the list.
- how some opinions about how things could/should go are acceptable venting/critiques, while others (often when they don’t line up with your own ideas) are negotiating in public