I'm not sure how being twice-furloughed makes anyone more observant about something like that. It sounds more to me like someone whom needs a scapegoat to blame his or her lousy timing on.

I, for one of many, am a fairly senior guy. I have absolutely nothing to gain by seeing a lot of "junior guy" issues resolved. An iron-clad, very restrictive scope clause would do nothing for me. Toeing the line during a strike would do nothing for me. And while not a contract issue, this new SA policy sucks for me, too.

But I support fighting for these things, and would be willing to take it to the trenches. That's the sentiment of the vast majority of senior guys. And this is in spite of those younger/junior/narrow-body guys who advocate for me to clear out, make room for them, because I had my chance. I ask them may I please go til I'm 60?


Back when I was hired, the old senior wide-body guys sacrificed for guys like me; B-scalers. We will do it again, because we know right from wrong.

TW