Originally Posted by
SoCalGuy
Driver,
The B3rd guys see what your saying....it's a two way street without a doubt. I agree that there is no uniform way to attack this beast from top to bottom. There will probably be some crazy formula that the MIT grads layout that will encompass some theorem involving relative seniority and DOH for different ranges of the list.
From what I can surmise from your previous posts on this thread, you "support" the B3rd from getting tossed under the Goodyears?? From what I have read with a clear/open mind thus far, no one has walked away from the top 2/3rds in lending reciprocal support to "your" group.
The B3rd at CAL has every right to feel strong on this issue....and no, we won't "give it a rest". You and I
both know that this pilot group has too many of sellouts (POS Contract '02), and Funny Number ('83&'84 Cats) that would have NO problem selling the B3rd down the river when the rudder meets the road. All we know for sure up to this point is the history of this pilot group and it's make up. What has happened in the past speaks enough volume for those of us on the B3rd to rightfully cautious during this time. When inferring that we are being selfish, I point out again that we are being extremely cautious knowing what the CAL pilot group has done in the past.
As I said earlier.....support and respect of the B3rd's fight at the table is a two way street. We will wholeheartedly back the entire list to the end, as long as we are equally represented as the "others" when consideration for integration comes to the forefront.
Again, not stepping on toes.....respect right back to you. I'm sure that we can both agree that worse thing we can do is draw a division between our own group prior to any talks at the table. I see it better to approach it as a whole, not in thirds.
Look forward to trading more thoughts on the midnight haul over the tracks
SoCal
Your take on this is the kind I respect. To get on here like Otto does and insist that RS is the only way to go insults the rest of us , (see upper 2/3's), but makes him look foolish as well. I've never once said I would ever throw ANYONE under any bus.
The B3's absolutely have the right to complain and it does have results. There's no way Neil would have made an appearance on the MC without your complaints and I'd say job well done in that department.
But for us guys who've been around the block to get on here and read day after day how tough you've had it with Contract '02, gosh its tough being on the bottom, ect, ect ect....seems ridiculous.
I could get on here and recount all the miseries I put up with in my early years and how many times I got screwed by the upper guys but you won't see that. We're all in this together and Otto's myopic view of how he thinks the SLI should go, (because he's suffered far more than I ever did supposedly), ****es me off.
Obviously his sentiments and yours seem differ greatly and your post was well thought out. IF this merger happens, we will have to stick together collectively and sort out a fair and equitable way to integrate the lists.