Originally Posted by
MacGuy2
Guys, do you really think it serves a purpose to fire your cannons at the various segments of our seniority list? Do you junior guys really think the Block 1 folks "want to throw you under the bus?" How many Block 1 guys have you heard that from--1, 2 or maybe 3? I'm pretty sure that almost all of US in block 1 want to do everything that can be done to keep the junior guys employed. We're all in this together and we need to stick together if we're going to win this one. But I'll tell you, as a guy who's seniority number is less than 150, I get tired of being "beat up" on this forum by junior folks who seem to believe that all of the senior guys are out to get them. It just simply isn't the case.
I just want to encourage you guys to point your venom at flight management or the economy or SOMEBODY besides your fellow pilot or even the Union. We have each other and ALPA and they are the only players on our side. It just doesn't serve a purpose to get into a pi##ing contest with our own team.
'Nuff said.
MG2
I second Mac's concern about the knife throwing. There may be furloughs. I truly hope not and my current pay cut is well spent if it keeps furloughs away. But if there are furloughs, it won't be because of your fellow pilots or the union. It is a management decision. The same management that reads this and smiles when they detect the break down among the ranks. It's human nature to want to find someone to blame when things go south. There's a lot of factors that have brought us to this point. To elect to blame fellow pilots or the union is narrowly focused in my opinion.
Was the FPA a better path to deal with times like this? Remember that this paragraph in the contract originated with the FPA. Is ALPA better than (fill in the blank) to deal with this? If you think the answer is no advocate/union then we disagree. What would have happened already if we had no union at all? Better off? I don't like our current situation one bit but I'm unwilling to throw darts at my fellow pilots and/or union as if they were the cause and in complete control of the solution.