That would not be right, eventually the list would have no names, never remove a scab from the scab list!

 

That would be like being a war hero and earning a Medal Of Honor, and than when you die taking it away. Those scabs earned a title, you never take that away, its forever.

 

I know exactly who you’re talking about. 😂

 

Gosh… The last strike that I remember was in 2010, by Spirit Pilots. The strike, I think, lasted, what about 5 days? There were reports that some pilots crossed the line. Other than the Spirit strick, I can’t remember any major job action, since Eastern Airlines pilots and mechanics, back in March, 1989, some 36 years ago… How many surviving pilots crossing a picket line are in the cockpit, and are above ground?

I’ll wager more pilots, of today, are better educated consumers, in deciding, if it’s worth their careers, self respect, and judgement by their peers, to cross a picket line.

 

it’s an eal89. Abx walked in 2016 or so

 

ComAir also struck in 2001.

 

Spirit has an active scab on the list now. He has been there for a while, H.G.

He gets very upset when people call him out on it, guessing less and less do these days. I do know the word “scab” would sometimes scribbled by his name on hotel sign in sheets…just saying

 

It’s like the clown episode on Seinfeld when the clown at the kid’s birthday party was yelling at George : “You’re living in the past man “ LOL. The scab list thing is a dead horse for stuff that happened 40 and 50 years ago. I mean ALPA isn’t gonna orchestrate no more strikes as they just don’t have the ###LS they used to have in the good ole days 🤷‍♂️. As mentioned above most everyone that ever crossed are in the next life 🤷‍♂️.

 

H.F but yes he's still there

 

Somebody never learned the true gravity of being a scab! The free book that ALPA gives out to new members (Flying The Line) goes a long way to portray the fierce battles that were fought for the integrity of the aviation profession. The impact of labor-organizing pioneers reaches far beyond ALPA carriers and Part 121 operations. If your paycheck comes from operating an airplane, you probably owe a debt of gratitude to the past generations who built the contracts, walked the picket line and endured furloughs. As someone that held a picket, was part of a B-Scale elimination contract and had my pension decimated in bankruptcy, I take scabs very seriously. I'm aware of suicides and divorces that occurred at my carrier and others, while scabs gleefully danced across the strike line to take bread off the table of all the pilots with a spine.

I have seen to kicking a half dozen scabs off the jumpseat in my career, with pleasure (one in a inhospitable foreign land during 9/11 - hope he never got out). It's not "living in the past" to harbor great disdain for scabs. It's a duty to the occupation.