Originally Posted by
SharkyBN584
Take a Tums. There isn't a single pilot at a single company that would refuse to do this flying. They'll say they will on the internet...but push comes to shove if this were being done by anyone else you'd get the same result. As such, I'm not going to fall on a sword just to have someone step over my body on their way to my job. Telling me I need to refuse to fly and lose my job to help someone that would NOT do the same for me is retarded. Give me a legal solution that doesn't take my job away and I'd be happy to help.
It's funny how up-in-arms people get when it requires THEM to do absolutely nothing. I am not, nor have I ever, celebrated the moves my management has made. I have never been happy about replacing a crew member from another airline. But I'm not about to apologize for doing my friggin' job to a bunch of hypocrites who gave away this industry years ago.
Edit - And while we're on the subject...where was the outrage when SkyWest replaced SkyWay?
The Midwest pilots tried to add the Skyway pilots (including furloughs) to our seniority list. TH said No, at least we tried to help out another union brother.
The difference with Republic/Midwest is this deal is a merger...
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
On July 31, 2009, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 23, 2009, among Republic Airways Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), RJET Acquisition, Inc. and Midwest Air Group, Inc. (“MAG”), as amended (the “Merger Agreement”),
The Republic EXCO didn't even try to write a LOA to help the new Republic pilots formly from Midwest. Midwest pilot are required by law to be integrated into Republic, but the....
Teamsters LOCKED-OUT the Midwest pilots not Bedford.
Republic pilots want all the Midwest flying and will undermine integration talks to position their pilots in Midwest painted aircraft before talks begin. I mean, Delta/Northwest and Southwest/Frontier started integration talks before the purchase/merger.
Republics EXCO did this not TH or BB. And you want no outrage?
ps. These actions are not in the spirit of the Teamsters.