Originally Posted by
Bandit524
Let’s see if I’ve got this straight. Our collective union says disputed pairings are onerous and are potentially detrimental to safety. Without published supporting rationale we’re supposed to blindly follow their guidance. In the meantime, our least experienced crews are forced to fly these same pairings. Wow, there’s an original safety thought for you! This is all from the same union that promised the moon with respect to analytical contract advice but missed the boat on numerous issues (all discussed previously in this forum), sold us down the river with respect to the FDA, and ignored the majority on age 65. I for one am done with blindly following union recommendations and will assess DPs based upon my own evaluation of the pairing in question. I quite sure there are numerous others that feel likewise. I’m not trying to start a war here and I respect how strongly you guys feel but I’ve felt the need to say this for some time. Maybe you folks can convince me that I’m wrong but my trust in our union is currently deeply in the red.
Sounds like you are grasping for any excuse to rationalize what you want to do. You just defined yourself as an independent contractor by saying you will define yourself as a "SIG of one!". So do what you're going to do anyway, but don't blame our fouled up leadership for your lack of intestinal fortitude, or your inability to stay away from the trough. Our MEC has faults enough they ought to take responsibility for, they don't need to take the blame for your character flaws as well.
By the way, when you operate on your own deliberately with full knowledge of what you do, we won't try too hard to convince you of anything.......I think you'll spend the better part of the rest of your career trying to convince others that you were "doing the right thing".....you might spend your time writing anti-union manifestos on a message board that no one reads...either way, you make your bed...you lie in it.