The clarification of your position is much appreciated. Wish you well with your efforts to leave behind the “nickle & dime” regional mentality and find a career at a major airline.

I just want to be bought/acquire/merge with any airline with a base ‘this side of the Mississippi :D

spot on
 

You are correct sir. A strike just isn't going to happen. We have to get B&B's attention through other means.

Even if we were to get released to strike, (years and years and years from now), all it would take is one phone call from a native councilmen from OME, OTZ, BRW or BET complaining that the days rations of soda pop didn't make it in - and you can consider the strike to be over. The local native politics leaning on the governor, senators and congressman of Alaska is all it would take to shut a strike down in no time at all. I doubt a strike would even be allowed to start as these politicians are probably smart enough to make the phone calls before we are even officially "released" to strike.
So rather than waste our time on things that won't help, I hope that we can focus on what we can do. The only thing that B&B will pay attention to is when jets stop moving. They buried their heads in the sand and denied that there was a problem last summer at QX. They ignored it until it imploded and shut itself down. That is what has to happen here to get them to pay attention. It must fail, then they will wake up and try to fix it. As long as we keep making them money, they will keep ignoring us. When the jets stop moving, they will suddenly be very attentive.

Extensions, working on a day off, working on vacation, selling back vacation, picking up premium, for that matter - picking up any time at all, VSA, sick leave make up, working when your back is a little stiff or your nose is a little stuffy and you are not 100%. These are the easy things that would make a huge impact and all completely within our individual control.

Couldn't have said it any better. Until this pilot group wakes up and "gets it", nothing is going to happen. There is so much apathy on the property. At least 50% of the pilot group is not engaged... just look at the LEC voting turnout. These same disengaged pilots are the same ones who whine about "the union" not doing anything.

While I understand your sentiment, if I stayed home every time I had a stiff back, I’d have to fly drones from my bedroom. Plus, with the constraints of our scheduling system and almost no ability to trade, SLMU is a great tool if used properly. For those of us with families and bills, if we have to call out sick for all of our trips, burning all of our sick bank and can’t use SLMU, how do you suggest we operate without “crossing the line”? I don’t see SLMU as lending a helping hand to the company at all. I see it as a way to get the schedule I want, that they won’t give me, without doing anything extra for them.

You don’t have to burn up 100% of your sick time.... it’s as simple as doing the right thing. Don’t feel good? Call in sick. Terrible nights sleep? Call in fatigued. Maintenance discrepancy? Right it up. If everyone did the right thing 20% of the time instead of “ gettin’ it done” the company would be howling.

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Don't write anything that can get you in trouble or your posts being copy/pasted in a future TRO like Spirit. Stop giving anyone any evidence.

Pilots either get it or they don't. Nothing should have to be written. And that's all there is to say about that subject.

I’m comfortable advocating for pilots to fly safely in airworthy aircraft...

That being I agree that discretion is important on public forums..

I fail to see how using SLMU is in any way considered not doing the right thing. Do you know what SLMU is and how to use it?