Originally Posted by
TOGA LK
Welcome Casey. You are welcome to get a clue and contribute at any time. You'll find that most folks on this forum are into restoring the profession as well as the compensation. It's been ten years and I think most are tired of thinking and watching their expectations slide into blue collar territory, below in some regards.
What did I write that compelled the comment about restoring the profession and compensation? I mean who's not?
What will help more than anything is a profitable industry. Last decade of decline had more to do with seeing de-regulation finally shake out and both managements and labor figuring it out. Or so we all hope. If we start buying hundreds of new airplanes and throwing thousands of additional seats on presently profitable segments then I will retract.
Point is friend, it's complicated...all of it. And when somebody in the crew room gives you a simple solution I suggest you run, not walk, away. THINK about consequences. THINK about what happens next. And when someone tries to explain the value of the loose association that is our national union just listen. There is no duplicating the resources we have available when we pool monies. And nobody on Mass. Ave. tells an MEC what to do. Local leadership ALWAYS decides what happens at the local level. And THINK.