Originally Posted by
FangsF15
Dude, this is such a ****ty attitude. And you guys wonder why “no one cares about the DZ’s”. You just can’t help yourself from shouting about how you had it worse. FFS. Education is one thing, but rubbing younger guys noses in it is entirely different.
Easy to say - after the fact - when you weren’t staring down the barrel of the gun.
This is so ironic, it’s pathetic. Talk about tone deaf.
I wasn't furloughed, nor a deadzoner. By all relative measures I've had a charmed career, for which I'm extremely grateful. However I'd say the same thing to guys hanging on to the pensions, SLI injustices, furloughs, whatever: let it go.
My grow up comment was in response to DM threatening 30 years of min effort. Maybe I mis-read his "fly the contract" stance, but it sounds like a lot of baggage to carry around for a long time.
Could management have handled it better? Absolutely, particularly with SILs or something similar a-la United. It was also an epic hundreds-of-parked-jets-tumbleweeds-in-the-streets period of time - easy to forget that after the fact.
Originally Posted by
Iceberg
I’m sorry for your experience, but mine was different. The vast majority I flew with voiced support for the UNAs. There were outliers, but I felt supported. Granted they could have voted differently, but I didn’t hear that.
This. Don't confuse my lack of a pity party for lack of compassion and support. I was all on board to take lower pay, cover health insurance, etc. Most "senior" pilots I spoke with at the time felt exactly the same way. Glad you guys are all back. I just flew with a UNA on my last trip and the dude was awesome. Much better to focus on what we have in common than what divides us.