Anyone know what the tablet did on the flight referencing the new bulletin?

NAI
 

ALPA appears to be doing a good job raising awareness of the threat that the NAI scheme poses to the US Airline industry.

ALPA is presenting this whole issue as potentially having dire consequences for our industry and I agree wholeheartedly.

My questions is how far should APLA go in opposing this threat?

It would seem to me that if this plan were to come to fruition the US Airline Industry will slowly but surely follow the US Maritime Industry into oblivion. This is exactly the case that APLA makes and once again I agree.

ALPA is off to a good start with a lot of Senators and Congressmen lining up against the bill, but what if that is not enough? What if the right $$$$ grease the palms of the wrong hand and this whole deal goes through?

Since ALPA is saying it would basically doom us why not pull out all the stops and make a statement to the affect of "If NAI is allowed to go through with their 3 card Monty plan of international air service ALPA will call for a Nationwide Airline Pilot Strike."

Granted this is an extreme measure, but ALPA is the one saying this will doom our industry. Most US Pilots would be negatively affected. Any Pilot under 50 will be greatly affected. Pilots under 40 better find the phone number to that fictional Truck driver school that Goose mentions in TOPGUN, and guys just starting out......Fuhgeddaboutit. I mean how people do you know that work in the US Maritime industry?

Think about the spotlight an pronouncement like that would shine on the NAI scheme. It would provide fodder for insatiable 24/7 news networks and hopefully the result would be to put an end to this potential fiasco once and for all. The actual strike may not even have to be called for but perhaps just discussed and planned etc. Then again if the alternative is the end of the US Airline industry as we know it, why not?

Anyway, food for thought.

Scoop

I like your idea!
I'm concerned that Moak doesn't have the stones or the juice to pull it off.

Do you know him? I have learned never to underestimate a Marine.

I agree, if is was such a sweetheart deal we would not see Committee Chairs, Vice Chairs, and volunteers resigning and going back to the line. Burnout can be a factor when you are doing work that never lets up. I have seen it first hand and was disappointed to see many great volunteers with an impressive skillset decide to take a break, return to the line, and decompress.

Its not as easy as most assume, but its also understandable why some think that way. Until you see the workload up close, there is almost no understanding or appreciation of how demanding these job are in decent times.

All right. It's time to buy a new bag.
Who makes the black backpack that most pilots drag around?
Does the stop over store or crew outfitters sell them?

Ohhhhh I remember! What a great trip:cool:

Yes you did buy beer, I kept trying to let the USAF buy but you kept insisting :D

Ferd

Ride the wave?

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I just spit out my coffee and it went through my nose! :eek::eek:

You're close.

They call it a Flying...

Begins with the letter V

Ugly on the outside

Comfortable on the inside ;)