Originally Posted by
ancman
The pilot group won’t be the slightest bit deterred by this. It will have the opposite effect, just as the attempted auto-accept intimidation did.
I would expect ALPA to release a comm very soon, reminding pilots of the Harris arbitration award (ATL 03-09), as well as the fact that Handel’s threats of discipline are completely without merit.
Handel has lost the confidence of the pilot group — in record time for someone in that position. Anything he says from this point forward bears no merit.
I hope so. I think the average line pilot is not on these forums and is afraid of GFB and the CPO. This type of letter is the type of thing that I think scares them. The type of people frequently on these forums and reading ALPA emails are the type that were already going to use their sick time when they were sick anyway.
The fact that it took most pilots 3 years to discover how nice auto accept is still astounds me.