Originally Posted by
newKnow
...I think she did the right thing, by putting that bully in his place. He and others like him will think twice about trying to force someone to conform to their own appearance standards...
I am amazed that the facts still seem to be escaping forum members and readers. Mired within C.A.L. pilot ranks are those who are deeply opposed to any activity that attempts to better the lot of pilots lives.
This spat has absolutely nothing to do with appearance standards. Rather it was the bumping of heads of radically differing belief sets, philosophies on union activity and how aggresive pilots should be when it comes to asking for, or demanding increased compensation. Career line pilots all too often think that "management" is the
only thumb of oppression. In this case however it seems that even one of our own (a union committee member?!) and line pilot acted on the belief that a First Officer has neither, right to opinion, nor right of expression.
Apathy? Hardly. This behavior is a textbook case of just how polarized C.A.L. pilots are on the topic of representation. To move forward, C.A.L. unionists will have to drag these people along. C.A.L. management laughs.
