Originally Posted by
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I was military too and did union work at a prior airline. Military guys are broadly conditioned to see the bigger picture/greater good at the expense of the individual and behest of the higher ups. Plus, lots of anti-union propaganda ingested over many years sets them up for failure. It takes a while for a lot of them to get it. Definitely not in the same boat as prior 121 union pilots, some of which were MEC/LEC chairs or on the NC their last airline.
It didn’t take me long to catch on after a few Captains with a capital C would tell the company to pound sand if it wasn’t in the contract. I’ve known plenty of Marvins coming from the regionals as well who were “happy to be at Mother U vs their old company”. Just saying you please don’t lump all military into one. I’ve seen good and bad from both in 27 yrs here.