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Originally Posted by PilotCrusader
Indeed they did. Twice. So did PSA, twice. I'm not talking about the second one you guys signed AFTER you hosed everyone, I'm talking about the first one most are not as aware of, which had much more binding language.
But back to your original questions, yes, Eagle did sign it. Did you expect us to just continue to jump on the sword as you and PDT gladly took concessions and laughed at us for our efforts? You can try to spin it any way you want, you're company could have taken a stand and the rest would not have folded. The fact you bent over and took it SO fast is an indication of the general selfishness and moral ineptitude of your pilot group. To come on here and start saying "well look Eagle did it too!". You say you had no choice but you know you did. They would not have shut you, PDT, or us down if we had all said no. They were painted in a corner and you cracked first, fast, and the rest was a gushing open wound. Don't ever try to lump us into the same gutless nutless basket as you guys simply because you painted us into a corner and laughed and taunted us for taking a stand. Tired of that weak argument.
And here I thought we had something with the Tom Brady incident......
Anywho.....You brought up the document, not me. Fact is your group still signed it and your group still agreed to concessions.
As far as our "weak argument" they didn't need to shut ALL of us down. Once they shut PSA down that would have legitimized their threat not only to Eagle but also to PDT.
AAG has proven many times over that there is plenty of staffing out there to place acft wherever they felt was best for them. PSA had 49 acft at the time of our vote. How many has Eagle lost, or are slated to lose in the near future? Plenty more than 49.
Is there a chance AAG was bluffing and that they financially couldn't have shut any of us down? Maybe. I think the facts since our vote support that they absolutely could have, probably 3 times over. Either way, 61% of our pilots decided they didn't want to gamble when it came to their jobs that support their families' livelihood. They went with the sure thing. They were smarter than I was at the time.
Lastly, No one freakin laughed, or "taunted" you for voting no. Get the F over yourself.