Originally Posted by
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I just love the guys that make the argument that we should all just get along, pilots vs. pilots doesn't solve anything, and generally that we should just turn the other cheek.
These people make the pilots who toe the line look like the bad guys and quite honestly, I have a question for those people:
Considering that GoJet was staffed by pilots that were willing to accept less while another pilot group was toeing the line, just as in a strike, how is what they are doing acceptable? How is it OK to undercut a group of pilots who are trying to better the industry?
I have never and never will call any GJer a scab, but would those of you who say that we should all just get along accept those who crossed picket lines as well?
I honestly want an answer to that, but my point is that everyone has a different definition of what is tolerable. There are pilots that are legitimately angry because others crossed a picket line to circumvent contract negotiations at CAL. There are also pilots that are legitimately angry that pilots crossed over and are staffing an airline to circumvent contract negotiations at TSA.
They did not cross a picket line, but they are the reason why mgmt has no reason to negotiate.
I think some (like you and captcarl and a few others are a little bit more level headed than most), and no one is saying you should back off your beliefs what I am saying is that two pilots just standing toe to toe and screaming insults endlessly accomplishes nothing. The managment that is banking big money while hard working pilots are on the street is the enemy. Two professionals that disagree can still find a way to work together for a common good.
I've said it a million times, that this TSA/Gojet thing is a Hatfields vs McCoys mentality, and in the long run both sides are going to be the worse for it I fear.