You’re right. When you said you donated to LEPF, I assumed you meant the PAC. I’ll admit I was wrong about that. Care to tell us how much you donated to LEPF/EPAS? I think you’ve been dodging this question for a reason.

 

Flying with X is not safe or the public would lose trust if X was in the flight deck.

Remember ALPA could refuse membership and did once upon a time not so long ago.

Then something happened. The majority of ALPA did not change. The country did!

 

Terry Nehls. Figures, poster child of corruption in American lawmaking. His name should be famous.

 

The fact that you’ve convinced yourself that your struggle is even remotely close to what female pilots or pilots of color went through is insane. You’re not Rosa Parks. The fact that people have to tell you this shows the cognitive decline.

 

I don’t.The Civil Rights Act of 1964 does.

ALPA did nothing but exclude until their hand was forced. That’s your “but the majority said how dare you fight the union.”

Please!

 

Geezer here. Not against having a few more years, but it isn't at the top FWIW. You are the exact reason younger pilots want the older pilots out. And they are not wrong.

 

Man, the movement fails and your true colors start shining through. Enjoy your retirement.

 

I would’ve been more neutral of EPAS/LEPF if they didn’t bash younger pilots and claim safety, discrimination and act as general gate keepers towards flying. If a more reasonable approach was presented and the truth of “I just want more money” was displayed, it would’ve potentially gained more traction. I was fairly understanding of the hard years pilots before me faced but for them to say the younger pilots deserve less and should face the same career paths they did (all because of timing and luck) put a really sour taste in my mouth. I increased my PAC contributions to fight it because of the awful sentiment I saw.

 

I love Captain Steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve trashing a 25 year old pilot as being unsafe while stating his 40 year career..... Exposed himself that he himself got hired at 25 years old. So was he a dangerous pilot when he was hired on?

My position would be more open if they just were the types that go, " I still enjoy my job and if I could continue I would as I love what I do".

My stance is driven by the BS of age discrimination while they sat back letting that discrimination benefit themselves, throw their fellow pilots under the bus to achieve it( using the DCA crash as proof that their experience would have prevented it), etc. They try to say 67 will be a good thing for us while deriding how 65 screwed them. How our careers will be perfect and will face no road blocks.

Just as much as they chirp about those against saying planes will fall out of the sky with 66 year olds keeling over, they themselves partake in the BS.

 

Just lots and lots of incivility.