Originally Posted by
EskimoJoe
Right. So how did Non-Union VX advance the profession? Easy to go full Norma Rae now. What about when it actually Mattered? Like it or not. Alaska Management used VX as a hammer and direct comparison to us during our past contract talks. Why wouldn’t they? A narrow body only Airline with one identical hub and another sandwiched between all the rest of ours?
Of course they used you AGAINST us. It’s Only now that you’re the one living (once again, despite the gains of the rest of the industry), the consequences and repercussions of the long shadow cast by a grossly under paid, non-union VX pilot group, do you become Joe Hill.
Nice try. Look in the Mirror and own the damage VX did to us. VX pilots never did themselves, or any other group, any favors. Welcome to the contract you helped shape Joe.
You do realize that VX was made up by many union pilots from the plethora of airlines that went bye bye in the late 2000's or earlier. ATA, Comair, DHL, Aloha, Midwest,TWA, America West. Some USAir as well. And, that we had voted in ALPA by the time we became Eskimos. Many VX pilot walking around with 20 and 25 year ALPA pins that have done numerous volunteer work over the years to help this industry. So, out on the street in the last recession, you come to an airline and fight to make it better. So, maybe know what the makeup of the pilot group was before posting that garbage. Alaska got to where they are long before we were a blip on their radar.