I think hifly..
believes he is worth what ever blojets pays him... No more, no less... And it was /is worth the risk of working with no contract for no negociated wages in a new market for a morally corrupt/bankrupt owner. And all that righteous swill, the "They voted the flying down", "We are strong men with honor forging a new and unexplored path in the face of adversity" and the other crap that they have posted are just more defensive tactics to deflect the fact that they are not scabs, but replacement workers catching crap for being the new lost cause on these boards....... As I understand it, TSA voted the CONDITIONS down, not the flying.... In my 12 years of military service, men of honor stood up for what they considered right and didn't shy away from others when they were questioned. They forged paths that made it easier for others to get ahead, not to step on the backs of those who got there first. But hey, it all goes back to the old "I had to feed my family".....But there are and always will be other jobs out there... No need to take the first one that seems to be an easy way, a "Direct path to a jet job"... I am sure there are a million guys out there who would agree that dues paying is a necessary evil, but shortcuts are great. But in the long run, they cost us all by letting owners get away with cheap wages for what is, ultimately, a complicated job... And the lower we all go, from the regionals to the majors, the less this career becomes worth...I know this isn't the military, but codes of honor and ethics still have a place. This is the airlines, and we all know that many would eat their own young to get into one of those silver bullets, but at what point do you say enough. We all are worth more than this and need to get the esteem and wages back up. I left the regionals a few years ago, but it deeply saddens me that this is still a backsliding industry. Gojets is only the latest tumor in an already cancer riddled industry... I hope this all stops soon and we can all be proud of our chosen profession as well as our paycheck... Because people looked at me like a moron when I told them what I made... And, aside from being a moron sometimes anyway, I look back and finally see they were right...
Last edited by laxflier; 07-28-2006 at 06:26 AM.