Originally Posted by
John Pennekamp
I have a friend that went to VA. He was an ALPA rep at ASA. Good family man and hardcore trade unionist.
ASA pulled out of SLC and LAX, and having bought a pretty little house in SLC, he was faced with a hellaceous commute. He ended up going to JBlu hoping for an LA base. No dice. He left there after about a year and went to VA, short easy commute to SFO. Oh, BTW, he's a member of this forum. Maybe he'll chime in.
You should think twice before lumping everyone who works at a particular carrier as scum or scabs and also when wishing fellow pilots out of work.
There are good people at every carrier. That does not mean I want to see the industry continue to be eroded by carriers such as VA simply to provide a living for good people like your friend.
Sooner or later a far larger number of good people with similar stories are effected by the wages, work rules, etc of such companies on the rest of the industry.