Master of FiFi

I made a column on mine that gives number of days until their 65 birthday. That column gives just over 300 still on property. That does not exclude anyone who left early for any reason. The last one still has 10 years left.

Bahamasflyer

Purely hypothetical question of course....

If the EAL strike had taken place today, would the number of scabs be a lot less than it was more than 30 yrs ago due to social media and the internet making it a lot easier to be shamed compared to the 80s when there was no digital footprint like today?

I would think (and hope) so.

deltajuliet

Thing of it is, a lot of pilots coming into the regionals have no idea what a scab is. Either they’re too young to have seen this stuff go down in the 80’s, or they’re second career types with no knowledge of industry history or strike etiquette. It’s difficult to go down that road with a mentally unprepared labor group that says, ”We’re gonna do what?”

I reject the term millennial and the idea that anybody under 35 is only out for him or herself. However, “those who don’t know their history,” etc. People will have to know that crossing the line is not only wrong, but absolutely, unconditionally wrong before social media will have an impact.

horrido27

Most current list is dated 18-Aug-15

Goes by alphabetical order.

Have it on all my devices, and Airdrop it often~

Motch

PS> Also have the Continental Picture list. But it's old and data is not current with regards to those pilots fleet and bases. But it's also something~

EMBFlyer

I thought the Continental guys had were having a sticker made shortly after the Age 60 rule changed.

It was going to be, "Scab Free in 2023!" with a line through it followed by "Prater Made Us Wait 'Til 2028!"

Qotsaautopilot

So who’s are going to be the 12 787 pilots Boeing is providing to avianca after they fired over 100 pilots that legally struck including 12 787 pilots. The strike is over but all these pilots were then fired. As far as I’m concerned these Boeing pilots will be scabs the second they push off the gate on an avianca Flight.

PowderFinger

A really high percentage of guys went out ... Initially. Over time (short time for some) some more guys crossed. Then the mass stampede that fall. I have never seen a breakdown of how many of the original eal pilots crossed. Would like to.

A few weeks in a massive recruiting effort started to find any qualified (sufficient flight time/no backbone) new hire applicants to cross the line and experience the dream job.

I know that, sadly, this recruiting effort was very successful throughout the southeast.

They signed up so many that they couldn't be trained for months. They stayed in seclusion at the Doral and would go in to the Hartly building once a week for an assignment then work on their own.

While it took a looong time to turn a wheel, the company used the 'applicant numbers', and later the stampede numbers in the court system to keep the strikers off the property.

pilotgolfer

No such thing as a trustworthy scab.

TransWorld

Any idea how many scabs are currently flying / under 65?

The 5-Jun-04 list has 5,799 on the list. Most look like they were scabs during the 1980s. I would be willing to bet a large majority are retired or deceased.

Could be down to hundreds active, rather than thousands.

Is there a list who’s link can be posted here? The search words “Pilot scab list” does not seem to bring up anything other than the 2004 list, which was not filtered for retired or deceased back then. Any suggestion on key words?

rickair7777

I don't think Internet Brands wants us posting it here (liability).