To add, nothing in the TA warrants the tactics being used to discourage a YES vote. I am surprised and dismayed that scope was changed one iota and with the major contractual improvements for our PIs, I can’t understand why the union agreed to consider non UAL pilots for those jobs. The section 3 rates are probably the most offensive to so many vocal NO voters, but as the boards showed in the days leading up to the TAs release, few admitted to this being a large factor.


Bottom line, if you think that winning this fight is more important than the way in which we conduct ourselves and treat our fellow pilots, I’d encourage you to read some writings by Machiavelli. The prince is a great book and quite relevant in today’s environment. If you think acting with dignity and honor is as important as the outcome itself, I think a different genre of book is in order, a few of the great titles include Siddartha, Confucius or perhaps the New Testament (about a dude who believed that doing the right thing in the moment was worth being wrongfully killed for).

I’m saddened to see what our cable news culture is doing to our discourse within our profession. The best remedy for bad ideas is dispassionate conversation, not funny snark or tribal condemnation. Is this the world we want our kids to inherit? Is this how we hope they treat others and are treated in return?