FAA Reauth. Bill and RLA status
10-10-2007, 05:16 PM
#31
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I guess I take it personally when a pompous, condescending, blowhard calls me a scab on a public forum because I disagree with him about age 60. He has been offered several times to apologize and refuses to.
Being so wise and experienced he ought to know that throwing that word around (particularly coming from a non-member turned member, although not in spirit, just in order to pursue his personal agenda) would provoke some strong language in retribution.
No outrage then on the boards or from the moderators, so I guess I'll take my shots as I see them.
I for one am going to have a little birthday celebration on Friday, as well many others. After that I might even start rooting for the law to change, who knows.
FJ
Being so wise and experienced he ought to know that throwing that word around (particularly coming from a non-member turned member, although not in spirit, just in order to pursue his personal agenda) would provoke some strong language in retribution.
No outrage then on the boards or from the moderators, so I guess I'll take my shots as I see them.
I for one am going to have a little birthday celebration on Friday, as well many others. After that I might even start rooting for the law to change, who knows.
FJ
10-10-2007, 06:05 PM
#32
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Originally Posted by Falconjet
a pompous, condescending, blowhard
Being so wise and experienced ... a non-member turned member,
After that I might even start rooting for the law to change, who knows.
FJ
Mark
10-10-2007, 07:44 PM
#34
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It might matter as to whether or not he gets to come back under the retro language that has been proposed. Who knows what form the final language will take, but if the retro language remains as written by DW and ALPA, he will need to be a currently employed flight crew member to get back into a window seat.
It will be fun to watch the lawyers decide what exactly that means, and if a NOQ, long term disability, former Captain will meet that definition. That appears to be the hope of the guys using their DSA instead of going to back seat training.
I'm just saying that it will be poetic justice if they find themselves on the outside looking in because they didn't take their FE class date and remain an active flight crewmember and the lawyers decide that they missed the boat.
Things will get very ugly for everybody if Congress forces this change through, with all sorts of lawsuits from angles nobody would have thought possible. It will be interesting to watch it all unfold, that is for sure.
FJ
It will be fun to watch the lawyers decide what exactly that means, and if a NOQ, long term disability, former Captain will meet that definition. That appears to be the hope of the guys using their DSA instead of going to back seat training.
I'm just saying that it will be poetic justice if they find themselves on the outside looking in because they didn't take their FE class date and remain an active flight crewmember and the lawyers decide that they missed the boat.
Things will get very ugly for everybody if Congress forces this change through, with all sorts of lawsuits from angles nobody would have thought possible. It will be interesting to watch it all unfold, that is for sure.
FJ
10-11-2007, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by FoxHunter
He who laughs last, laughs best
Mark
PS ... He who laughs last, thinks slowest
10-11-2007, 06:00 AM
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I don't think it's happened yet, but if someone isn't senior enough to hold widebody S/O do they get cut to narrowbody S/O pay?
Most of the under 60 widebody S/O officers already have training dates, and the rest probably will after the bid.
Most of the under 60 widebody S/O officers already have training dates, and the rest probably will after the bid.
