Originally Posted by
Velocipede
You certainly aren't one of us. No honorable Union pilot would take a non-union position that undercuts the contract of the unionized carriers. That's exactly what you did just to keep flying. Perhaps you were just too lazy to go get a job where you had to work 40 hours a week..
Velocipede.......I don't know who you work for.
Making a blanket statement that an enemployed UNION pilot
is a scab or less than honorable because he takes a job at a NON UNION carrier is pure horse hockey.
I suppose if you get furloughed or your company goes Tango Uniform, that you would never work at a non union carrier to feed your family?
I too was a UNION pilot who went to work for a NON UNION (At the time) cargo carrier. Was I a SCAB then for doing it? Did I dis-honor the profession?
We UNION Pilots eventually got a UNION on that property and now currently have one of the best contracts in the industry.
So give the Jet Blue guys a break. I bet most of them want a union and want a contract there. I bet that they will have one in the future....be it ALPA, Teamsters or an Independent.
I also bet there are a few Jet Blue guys who might have been a SCAB from another carrier or at least were never a UNION team player. We have a few of those at FDX. I bet CAL, UAL DAL and AA or even Air Tran who now has a union and is in contract talks. Don't place the entire pilot group under one umbrella for a few misfits or otherwise uninformed.
Wanting to unilaterally deny all Jet Blue folks jumpseats because of the opinions of a few JB pilots or because of JB's MGT is ludicrous, not to mention stupid, especailly if you are trying to breed UNITY.
You get more mileage letting that person ride your jumpseat and show him/her your contract and benefits, i.e brag a little or educate them. You will find they wake up pretty fast.
If the jumpseating individual from JB (or any other carrier for that matter) is on a certain Master list
......that is a different story and I would agree that person can find a ride home with someone else.
Remember A scab is a pilot who crossed a picket line to perform "Struck Work". CAL, UAL, EASTERN, NWA, Comair ATLAS/POLAR (and a few others) were properties where pilot struck BTW.
Do not punish a pilot for working at a non union company, because you just might find yourself doing just that someday.