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02-05-2013 | 10:09 AM
#101
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As does not flying extra and not flying DPs. If you ask me the company would be a lot more responsive to having to lay on extra reserves than seeing a bunch of hats, bag tags, lanyards, and/or pins.
02-05-2013 | 10:46 AM
#103
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Stuff like this always gives me a chuckle...that we think MGMT cringes under the sight of ALPA lanyards...
Why don't we try this, actually staying unified by our deeds, not lanyards. Stop flying DPs, don't bid an aircraft w/o a payrate, etc...I saw the worst of the crew force during 4a2b, we showed our true colors, we are selfish and our level of unity is low. They know it and the 4400 pilots who don't read this board deliver the message daily.
Until then, I'm pulling for my favorite team.
Why don't we try this, actually staying unified by our deeds, not lanyards. Stop flying DPs, don't bid an aircraft w/o a payrate, etc...I saw the worst of the crew force during 4a2b, we showed our true colors, we are selfish and our level of unity is low. They know it and the 4400 pilots who don't read this board deliver the message daily.
Until then, I'm pulling for my favorite team.
As for me...if the negotiating committee wants me to wear it ....I do because they speak for me.
02-05-2013 | 11:06 AM
#104
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From: MD-11
02-05-2013 | 11:11 AM
#105
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Stuff like this always gives me a chuckle...that we think MGMT cringes under the sight of ALPA lanyards...
Why don't we try this, actually staying unified by our deeds, not lanyards. Stop flying DPs, don't bid an aircraft w/o a payrate, etc...I saw the worst of the crew force during 4a2b, we showed our true colors, we are selfish and our level of unity is low. They know it and the 4400 pilots who don't read this board deliver the message daily.
Until then, I'm pulling for my favorite team.
Why don't we try this, actually staying unified by our deeds, not lanyards. Stop flying DPs, don't bid an aircraft w/o a payrate, etc...I saw the worst of the crew force during 4a2b, we showed our true colors, we are selfish and our level of unity is low. They know it and the 4400 pilots who don't read this board deliver the message daily.
Until then, I'm pulling for my favorite team.
02-05-2013 | 11:27 AM
#106
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Was it Patton who said "if I can't get them to wear to wear their uniforms, how can I expect them to die for their county?"
Nice talk about 4a2b, pickets, etc. how about we show each other we are in this together first.... The rest will follow in due time...
Nice talk about 4a2b, pickets, etc. how about we show each other we are in this together first.... The rest will follow in due time...
02-05-2013 | 11:38 AM
#107
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From: 3B
02-05-2013 | 12:21 PM
#108
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Question for you Albie, did you ever fly carryover or pick up flying during 4a2b.
02-05-2013 | 02:20 PM
#110
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A more appropriate analogy might be this: we already wear our pilot uniforms with pride. What we have yet to earn is the right to wear a unit patch that shows our success and unity as a team on the battlefield. Like the scene from "Band of Brothers," where the replacements were wearing their Unit Citations for Normandy, though they hadn't even been in combat yet.
Maybe if we can convince our fellow ALPA members to act like a unified team through their actions, we can then wear our lanyards with the pride that demonstrates we've achieved true unity of action.
And then, the company might take notice of the 4600 lanyards, because they would represent our success on the battlefield.
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