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Originally Posted by TheDashRocks
(Post 561967)
Should I ask the former military pilots in the hiring department. I think I know what they will say.
If you want to help, reference my post above and get involved with your REPs. If you really want things to change for this profession, we all have to do our part. |
Originally Posted by TheDashRocks
(Post 561967)
Should I ask the former military pilots in the hiring department. I think I know what they will say.
Read the title of this thread and judge for yourself how relevant your comment is. Start your own thread if you want to continue this senseless discussion that all involved should know have no end, and never will. |
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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
(Post 561798)
Awesome posts there Rhino Driver. Amen!!!
My internet experience has come full circle today. It started with this video and now Rhino's comment. I'm loving it. MYWARVIDEO.COM Lazy Iraqi Police get motivational speech -Fatty "...The line must be drawn HERE. This far, no further! I'm not saying it's going to be easy. You're going to work harder than you ever worked before. But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it! If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination, failure is not an option. That's how winning is done! Believe me when I say we can break this army here, and win just one for the Gipper...." :D:p |
Originally Posted by Rhino Driver
(Post 561988)
Good luck Dash. Thanks for serving. I'm assuming you're a former VF-103 guy. Sorry if some dude p***ed you off while working the flight deck one day back when.
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Originally Posted by BoilerUP
(Post 557403)
So what happens when the senior pilot leadership of the new in-house union (which very well may be similar to the current leadership) decides to sell scope again? You gonna decertify the newly certified union?
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Originally Posted by Rhino Driver
(Post 561768)
Why don't you stop complaining about scope and do something about it. You accuse the major pilots of giving it all away.
I am not exactly complaining, I just think that we, as a profession, wound up here because we did not clearly see this coming and some unfortunate decisions were made by pilot groups in years past. I'm assuming that the majority (not all) of regional pilots hope to one day get hired by a major airline. You're looking for a better QOL, better work rules, duty rigs, and our course, better pay. We're (major airline pilots) looking for the same things. Make them better at the major carriers, and one day you will reap the rewards. Secondly, I'm assuming that you're looking for help from the major airline pilots (ALPA ones that is) because we're all in the same union and should be fighting for each other. True brotherhood! We (major airline pilots) want to take our flying back. We want our routes back. We want our pay back. The regional guys claim to want this as well because it will someday increase their QOL, etc. Regional guys, we need your help! We need you to REFUSE to fly anything over 300NM and anything larger than 50 seats. Contact your Reps and let them know how you feel. Let them know how tired you are of the mainline guys giving up on scope and how you want all that flying that has come to the regionals the last 10 years to go back to mainline. This is your duty. We really need your help. This will ultimately be a benefit to all of us. I have some trouble following you. You have spoken of seperate major and regional unions and you also speak of us all working together. I favor converting 70+ seaters to the majors. But I also think that regional pilots that have paid union dues for years should be given a structure and path into the majors flying those aircraft. If you are sticking to your idea that seperate unions are a good idea, what incentive is there for regional pilots to give away their moderate paying jobs in this economy? Should they be satisfied with a glimmer of hope at a major job someday? Also, negotiate a common pay scale amoungst all the regional carriers. This will help curb the whipsawing and cutthroat fighting among you. Great idea for major carriers, too. ...Stop the infighting. Work together. Let's show true brotherhood and help this industy and profession get back on it's feet. |
DAL CEO Meets with Pilots
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I wonder what the feeling about staying with ALPA will be when Prater signs up AirTran and uses Delta dues money to prop them up?
Some interesting commentary here. "Our routes" ...wake up...you don't "own" any routes. That went away with Deregulation in '78. So did your "right" to them. "Your Jobs" A lot of "your jobs" wouldn't be there if majors hadn't signed deals with regionals to FEED "your" planes. Unless you plan of driving that 76ER into Huntsville or Boise to pick up 15 or 20 folks. Wake up and understand that airline pilots are nothing more than blue collar numbers to management. We just wear white shirts to work and somehow think we are better than the guy who dispatches us, the guy who loads us or the FA who puts up with the *******s in the back. The problem today is too many of us have forgotten history and believe we are special. Your "I got mine, you regional guys get your own" churns my gut. When you go on strike, they're the first ones you want to support you, not fly and pay strike benefits. And you crap on them? Smooth move. As to civilian versus military? Some good some bad on both sides. I've flown with both in my right seat. Personally, I'll take a guy who paid his own way, flew crap planes in a low altitude NE corridor IFR winter slogging it out with multiple legs a day in soaking wet shoes. Not only does he have a much better grip on reality when the magic goes "poof," he understands what it means to come up the hard way. He doesn't have a military pension, Guard or Reserve slot to fall back on when the crap hits the fan, and is much more appreciative of those around him who don't fly the plane, but make it possible for him to. |
Originally Posted by 1515greenlight
(Post 562780)
As to civilian versus military? Some good some bad on both sides. I've flown with both in my right seat. Personally, I'll take a guy who paid his own way, flew crap planes in a low altitude NE corridor IFR winter slogging it out with multiple legs a day in soaking wet shoes. Not only does he have a much better grip on reality when the magic goes "poof," he understands what it means to come up the hard way. He doesn't have a military pension, Guard or Reserve slot to fall back on when the crap hits the fan, and is much more appreciative of those around him who don't fly the plane, but make it possible for him to.
You miss something too. I'm sure the guys who do have something on the side, ie Guard, Reserves, their own business, whatever, are much less likely to take crap when it starts coming their way. You'd probably be one of the first to scream bloody strike, and take off running to the cockpit to fly for the company when it actually transpired! When the magic goes "poof?" Are you referring to some type of emergency situation? I assure you, the military guys deal with that ******* much more than you can imagine. I've flown more single engine, degraded approaches than I care to remember. But I do agree, some good, some bad on both sides. :D |
Pistols at 10 paces for the both of you, arrrgh.
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