Originally Posted by
ualratt
Words of good old greed. We're up in arms when they outsource our flying but we're salivating over the potential of "extremely productive long haul flying" to outsource maintenance? Help me get up to speed cause I must be misunderstanding that theme. I agree with the idea of getting back that flying but not for those reasons...
You can call me greedy, if I can call you foolish. If you think for a second that there are 1 in 20 pilots that are going out on strike, to bring sheet metal and rivet bucking jobs back to the good old U.S. of A. from Asia, you're probably eventually going to die for a cause no matter what I say here. Then again, unions have tried similar stop gaps and and failed for the past 30 years. Yet, you're still typing on a keyboard, watching a T.V. and wearing that shirt that was made in Asia. Talk about hypocrisy.
We have a skill of being able to fly. Let's at least agree to attempt to maximize compensation for the skill we provide. There are no "reasons for getting the flying back" other than GETTING THE FLYING BACK, so I'm not sure what you're alluding to. I didn't come up with the idea of outsourcing, so don't act like I did and don't act like flying the airplane over there is showing support for the decision the management at the airline has made.
I guess I can admit to being "greedy" here so long as you accept the title of foolish. Only if however you define "greedy" as demanding fair compensation for the service I provide to my airline and keeping that flying from being splintered. We'll talk more civilly when you buy an American made T.V. Until then get off your high horse.