Originally Posted by
BigFellor
So basically, these people should forget about their own life, their own needs and obligations, and not pick up open time so your principles remain intact?
No. They should do it because its the right thing to do....kind of like pilots being principled enough to not cross a picket line, in spite of their "own life, own needs and obligations".
I have no sympathy for somebody who fails to create and live within a budget based upon their monthly guarantee. While I'm as much a capitalist as anybody (and those pilots picking up open time are capitalists getting financially rewarded for additional work), I understand its far easier to meet one's financial obligations when you're "only" making guarantee than when you get furloughed and have no paycheck at all.
Loooooove the union mentality.
A little shared sacrifice when times are bad, in order to have shared gain when times are good. THAT is the crux of "unity" and the
idealized goal of a union...and what the selfish "me first" attitude pilots fail to comprehend.
ALPA and IBT may still exist, but unionism within airlines (especially regional airlines) is dead. And its not dead because of management...its dead because the pilots that make up the unions are apathetic, selfish, and unwilling to accept a little shared sacrifice to the benefit of the entire group.