Originally Posted by
ninerdriver
Listen, man... I'm not jumping to any side to not be on yours. I'm not against you. I'm sorry if it came off that way.
I don't agree with your view that one set of the pilot group should be any more influential or is any more important than another. That will hold regardless of which demographic of the group I fit, either now or down the road. I think it's a dangerous approach, because it's a hard habit to break once it starts.
I'm hoping that GT is a uniter, not a divider, and I'm seeing good things so far, so I'm going to watch it unfold while keeping the same faith as you in the next TA.
I appreciate the post.
I'm not "against" anyone either. But I guess that I do believe that there will always be one side that is dominate, and another side that is the minority. Yes, there are times when we are/need to be unified to achieve certain goals. But the underlying question will always be- what goals?
We
ALL want an
ILC23. I have no doubt about that! But what that means to everyone is probably different to everyone. Should we restore (or pay back) those who lost their pensions? Should we transition to the Delta model of Sick Leave yet those with 300, 400 or even more hours of SL lose them?
[For the record- never had a Pension from Continental nor United, but it is a valid discussion. And don't have over 400hrs of SL either~]
That's what I mean when I talk about different groups, or senior/Legacy pilots. Not that they should be more influential, just that we ALL need to acknowledge what they had and what they had stolen from them.
It seems that a focus has been on Reserve Rules and I get that, especially since I AM on reserve currently.. by choice. I (and others) have just been trying to voice an opinion that there are 20+ other sections of the contract that need addressing also, and that the Reserve rules are directly related to the unfilled Capt vacancies. And is it all, partially or none of our responsibility to fix that.
That will always be a question!
Hope we meet up for a bier one day.. I'll let you buy the first round (lol).. (I got the rest!). Have no doubt that if we listed our top 10 items need fixing, in order.. that our list would be different. Same with Sections of the Contract. And the reason will always be, based on our individual experiences. Which is a result of our individual past.
Till TA23~
Always
Motch