It wasn't his squadron!:D

That's what they all said!:D

I just sat down with a guy in my reserve squadron today that works at Boeing. We looked up the current delivery schedule on the Boeing site....the employee site, not the public site...We are still on for Jul09 for the 777. No changes yet.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

No, of course not!

Dude - come on. It's a great company and great job but you ARE drinking the kool aid.
- Best retirement? Debatable - I'd say AA and UPS have a more desirable plan if you're currently under 55. 1%A+11-12%B
- Best medical? Are you crazy!? Just because we're switching to Wellpoint/BCBS doesn't mean it's the best. In fact I'd say we have one of the worst - doesn't touch UPS. Worse than SWA. Not sure who we actually are better than - I think JB. $190/month +$20 copay and it only goes up from there. Nothing to brag about. Prove me wrong.

Maybe RedEye is looking at VEBA....


RedEye,

You call some spoiled rich kids. We call some senior bubbas cranky old dudes.

How about another list.

1) Scope payments going to VEBA with no vote. VEBA assessment on newhires and under 60 SOs. .

2) Change in age 60 position with no vote.

3) Calls for "Doing the right thing" when it concerns older members. Followed by calls to be lucky for what you have and stories of how tough it was in the old days when passover rules are broken.

4) Concessionary LOA hailed as anything but concessionary. And when the MEC is called on it, they say the information is coming...soon. And it will be complete when it comes. Well, I'm still waiting. Maybe Jack Lewis' e-mail was what the MEC had in mind. Thank you. Never received an explanation why STV was agreed upon as a concession to current SIBA rules. The MEC NEVER listed concessions for us. The STV was modified only after the membership indicated outrage. No outrage at all from any MEC member. All I know is every single MEC member says "Don't worry about it" because we (senior bubbas?) won't have to go.


You'll see how "spoiled" we are when newhires go to Paris and Hong Kong and many of us get STV love. We'll all pretend to be "shocked" by their stories of how spartan they lived.

Face it, boys... we were whupped. To the victor goes the spoils.

(I just wish we could hire some of the APAAD lobbyists over to ALPA. Or maybe the AOPA guys that fought the user fee proposal.)

Now it's time to just lay down the narrative that'll help us all get to sleep at night. "Spoiled little rich kids" helps a little. Thinking about the purple nuggets must help alot - they went straight to a widebody right seat. Yeah, it would help the old folks at the top if they could wrap us all up into a mental image of an early-thirties flat belly with a Corvette, a fighter job in the Guard and no kids in sight.

Whatever gets you through the night.....

Come on ya bunch of cry babies! Put that Purple Promise pin on and be happy!! PSP forever.;)

I agree. I'd much rather have theirs instead of being excluded again from any A fund increases.

WTF are you talking about?