Master scab list?
04-09-2008 | 03:01 PM
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I'll sound stupid...but I still don't really understan what a scab is. I understand it's something bad and that somehow it regards unions (or people in the unions).
04-09-2008 | 03:12 PM
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So, your pilot group that you are also apart of goes on strike and lets say... for whatever reason, you decide it would be a bright idea to cross the picket line and operate a flight anyway while your brothers and sisters are on strike (not a good idea). You would then be a scab. If this happens, your name wouldn't be hard to find and you would be placed on the 'list'. Then, good luck jumpseating after that. There are other ways to be a scab too, but this is the most common. All instances involve stabbing your fellow airmen in the back.
04-09-2008 | 03:14 PM
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Allow me to educate:
So, your pilot group that you are also apart of goes on strike and lets say... for whatever reason, you decide it would be a bright idea to cross the picket line and operate a flight anyway while your brothers and sisters are on strike (not a good idea). You would then be a scab. If this happens, your name wouldn't be hard to find and you would be placed on the 'list'. Then, good luck jumpseating after that. There are other ways to be a scab too, but this is the most common. All instances involve stabbing your fellow airmen in the back.
So, your pilot group that you are also apart of goes on strike and lets say... for whatever reason, you decide it would be a bright idea to cross the picket line and operate a flight anyway while your brothers and sisters are on strike (not a good idea). You would then be a scab. If this happens, your name wouldn't be hard to find and you would be placed on the 'list'. Then, good luck jumpseating after that. There are other ways to be a scab too, but this is the most common. All instances involve stabbing your fellow airmen in the back.
04-09-2008 | 03:16 PM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
The scab could be a regular employee of the company, and a member of the union on strike, or he could be an outsider brought in by the company specifically to work during the strike.
Scabs are usually considered the lowest form of scum in unionized work forces and are subject to being fired after the strike, denied future employment, disrespect and humiliation at the hands of other union workers, and in the case of certain blue-collar trades, retaliatory violence.
In the airline industry there is a master scab list that goes back to the 1930's, and is widely circulated among airline pilots.
04-09-2008 | 03:18 PM
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Sooooo......working during a strike is good?
04-09-2008 | 03:23 PM
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What is wrong with going out with you best friends ex-girlfriend?
04-09-2008 | 03:24 PM
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Or it's like going out with your buddy's hot mom after she kicked him out of the house.......your pick.
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