Concession discussions in our future?
#132
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2018
Posts: 1,256
You can take my opinion however you like. There is a point to having an anonymous message board. There's a lot of reasons for anonymity in a place like this, not least of which is that statements from this forum have been used in federal court against a pilot group. My guess, based on what you've said here, is I'm senior to you but I'm not a captain. I could be wrong about being senior to you. And maybe you're a captain. Go over to the SWAPA Forum if you want to know everyone's identity. That's what the place is set up for. And you see what you get there.
#135
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2018
Posts: 1,256
- Your last five year's tax returns and W-2's
- How much wealth your family has
- How much money your spouse, if you have one, makes and how much (pronoun) is set to inherit
- Inheritances you're set to collect
- Bank and credit card statements
- What kind of car(s) you drive
- Military retirement or other pensions
- 401k balance
- House payment/rent
- Etc
- Etc
- Etc
#136
Line Holder
Joined APC: Mar 2019
Position: 737, ALL of the seats
Posts: 44
Reductio ad absurdum: I'm not going to take your opinion seriously until I see:
- Your last five year's tax returns and W-2's
- How much wealth your family has
- How much money your spouse, if you have one, makes and how much (pronoun) is set to inherit
- Inheritances you're set to collect
- Bank and credit card statements
- What kind of car(s) you drive
- Military retirement or other pensions
- 401k balance
- House payment/rent
- Etc
- Etc
- Etc
dude. He was just asking for your relative seniority because he was making the point that your seniority determines how you feel about the situation. No need to be a giant tool about it.
#137
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2018
Posts: 1,256
A reductio ad absurdum is reducing an argument to absurdity. He’s making the argument that the validity of what I’m saying hinges on where I’m at on the seniority list. I could be Dean, the bottom guy on our list, and not be worried at all about furlough if I have some other factor going on that gives me peace of mind. I could also be the most senior dude on the list and be terrified of furlough for some reason or another.
The point is where a person falls on the list is only one factor that feeds into how they might feel about a furlough. How far do we take the revealing of personal information to determine if someone’s opinion is worthy? How absurd do we get with how much we must know about a person before we determine they are credible?
A reductio as absurdum is a rhetorical device. If you believe that’s being “a tool”, then that’s your deal. You do you.
Evaluate the argument on its merits. Or don’t. It’s up to you.
#138
Line Holder
Joined APC: Feb 2016
Posts: 55
Been at SWA for 2 1/2 years. 131 number. Saving for possible furlough in the fall. I have had several Captains mention that many would be willing to lower their guarantee to keep everyone on property. Hoping it doesn't come to that.
#139
I think of put to a vote that would pass . I would vote yes for it .
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