Originally Posted by
Karnak
Nice quibble.
You crossed a picket line of fellow NWA employees. Members of an independent union.
Our ALPA was very clear that ALPA's position was that we should not honor their picket line and that if we did, our legal position would be unclear at best. Only you would call that quibbling.
Originally Posted by
Karnak
Who crossed the ALPA picket line in 1998?
No pilot did - that's called unity. As far as other employee groups, we issued a statement that we did NOT want any other employee group to honor our picket line and put their jobs in jeopardy. I think we handled that strike about as good as any strike anywhere.
Originally Posted by
Karnak
Wrong! ALPA told you that you could honor the picket line and would not be subject to discipline. You had the opportunity to honor the picket line, but you would not have been paid for the trip.
That's a complete lie. The official ALPA position was for us to not honor that picket line, and our legal position would be unclear with regard to disciplinary action.
Originally Posted by
Karnak
Deal with it however you choose, but don't EVER tell another Delta pilot that they don't "get it"! Pre-merger Delta pilots have never crossed a picket line.
You have no idea what it's like. None! There were no unions on the property at Delta for you to have ever crossed. Pretty big talk about not crossing picket lines at a non-union airline. You're one gutsy dude!
Carl