This whole fiasco is just leaving a bad taste in everyone's mouths, both sides. It is the nature of the beast, this industry, I feel. What if the shoe was on the other foot, would the comments be the same about "unity" between 2 totally different pilot groups?

With that being said what if, "I do STAND up and do something by refusing to go to work." Will the Midwest Pilot group pay my mortgage, feed my kids, pay the health insurance premium for my family, pay the special needs care one of my kids needs, pay my auto payment?? Will they support me then? Everyone talks about "supporting the other group" "refusing this flying", etc, etc, etc. Will you support me when I don't have a job? Hell no....and I wouldn't EXPECT you to, either. We can feel for you, understand your anger without being slandered because of what the CEO of our company (and your CEO) has done.

This is just plain bad. By us going to work and flying what our CEO has acquired does NOT mean we don't feel for the Midwest crews, at all. It means we are in an industry where we DON'T make the policy, we're in an industry where WE ARE ALL whipsaws, to some extent, we are ALL pawns, we're all just an employee number, with MANY MANY more in the wings waiting for the chance to have an employee number.

This just SUCKS, bottom line. I feel for the Midwest group, it makes me incredibly sick to my stomach. But I will NOT trade the backs of my familiy and their well-being, the shoe could be on the other foot. Sorry if you hate seeing me type that, but it doesn't make me unsympathetic at all.