Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
See, another emotional argument. When did I ever mention fear? I thought that I was quite specific in saying that our arguments should be economically based and not emotionally based.
If your F/O said on short final, "Hey let's buzz the tower like Maverick did in Top Gun." What would your answer be? Would it be based on fear or a rational analysis of actions and consequences?
You are not Fearless and I am not Fearful, so put away the schoolyard taunts and talk facts and not emotions.
The problem is that you do not have a patent on facts. Nobody (including you) can predict the future of the economy, our industry, or our company with any certainty. If you want to try and rationalize the unprecedented, draconian cuts we took a few years ago and that we continue today (well after bankruptcy was over), well I'm sorry but I'm not going to agree with you that that was/is rational or appropriate. If you want to tie our pay to the up and down cycles of this industry and this company's profits and losses, then go right ahead and continue advocating that we do that. If that's innovative or forward thinking in your mind, well I would submit that you have pretty low expectations of the future of this profession. Did you have these low expectations when you got into this career? Or have you changed your mind? It couldn't be that you're afraid to really fight for it because you're more afraid that you could lose it all, is it? Was that enough of a "taunt" for you? LOL