Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
There are some elements of truth to what you're saying. But I think our undoing has been and will be people like yourself who believe our profession is less valuable. You're entitled to your opinion, but I'm also entitled to mine... and I think you are absolutely dead wrong on that. The level of expertise, skill, career risk, and tremendous responsibility we all have should be self explanatory. I know you're a big free market guy. So am I. But you are selling us short and, IMO, people like you are a big part of the problem.
I think you guys are both right and both wrong - hows that for divergence of opinion.
Satch; You largely nailed my view on unity for lack of a better word, but the hole in your perspective is that ALPA national has proven time and again that they have no will to ACTUALLY go to the mat for pilots...Unity squandered.
88; You are correct in your assesment of the "value" of an airline pilot. The other element to that is unity. However, that unity has to be wielded forcefully...it isnt and hasn't been...So what's the point of it?
The DCI pilots have been flying Delta pax for years. The arguement that they arent qualified or couldn't get hired here is foolish pride. They are hired here, just not integrated on our seniority list.
I am not going down the road of the RJDC, that was wrong, but our national union hasn't been in the "union" business for a lot of years. DALPA's sellout of Compass was just another chapter in its de-unity, de-valuation of a pilot movement.