Originally Posted by
elfouquer
My wife has this crazy idea that unions are bad, and they are bad for business. I have tried every arguement that I can think of that without the union, life would be much worse. She even had the nerve to ask "If your company(9e) goes on strike, can't you keep working?" So I am asking anyone out there that might be able to provide some good arguements that I may not have thought of in order to change her mind. Please don't bash my wife as I love her dearly, she just has some crazy notions that need to be turned around. Thanks in advance.
I was hired after the brief United Airlines strike in 1985; however, I soon realized what a bunch of lowlife's those who scab an airline are. Their life "on the job" wasn't worth living as other pilots, flight attendants and even some of the mechanics treated them like the crap they were and are. Would you and your wife want to live like that ? Oh yes, the wives were also singled out in large domiciles and I know of at least one situation where a grade school child asked another child why his Dad was a scab ?
The UAL ALPA pilots carried their "scab books" with them
everywhere and if forced to fly with a scab, they were was not included in
ANYTHING the rest of the crew did, especially on layovers. They were left alone to eat, kill time, whatever by themselves. That can be a lonely life on a long, international layover.
I've retired but still carry my scab book.....and check it periodically. If you want to live your life in the gutter, try scabbing any airline. You'll regret it for the rest of your days.
Just my two cents, devalued to $ .00005761988 on today's market.
G'Day Mate and don't even think about it
