Originally Posted by
CAL EWR
One last post from me and then I am done with this thread. I just reread the ML, and I see absolutely nothing wrong with Item one or my editorial. Our airline is going away, so we have every right to remind our pilots where we come from and how proud we are of our soon to be former airline.
The United pilots have their elected representatives fighting on their behalf and the Continental pilots have their own as well. This is business and don’t take anything personally, it appears to me to many of you are way too sensitive. I have gotten countless phone calls and e-mails from our pilots supporting the latest ML. I’m out of here.
You mean the name of your airline is going away. In case you didn't notice, BOTH airlines are changing and will neither will be the same as we knew them....yesterday, last year, last decade. Our only hope is to make our JOBS at the new entity BETTER than what we previously had. It is possible if we can continue to work together and avoid the vitriol that has plagued the USAir/AmWest pilot groups. In that regard, your missive did little to further our collective future. Like it or not Jayson, this merger is DONE. You SHOULD represent your EWR pilots as best as you can -- that is what you were elected to do. I expect my reps to do the same. If my reps wrote a letter like yours, I'd be on the phone with them in very short order to express my disapproval. WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER and must NOT let short term 'feel good' rhetoric poison the well. I understand that certain folks like, in fact NEED, that kind of message you sent -- but IMO you should keep it verbal. Do it in an LEC meeting or on the phone, NOT in a message that you KNOW will be widely distributed to UA and CAL pilots system wide.
Good luck with your representational duties, even though we are not on the same seniority list now, your actions have a direct impact on my future!