New Uniforms?
04-05-2017 | 05:53 AM
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I'm hoping that by setting them straight you meant that you told them off for even approaching you and inquiring as to your status? Still hearing Continental this and Continental that at the ridiculous FPA's in SFO while they review tropospheres and 6 month old maintenance write-up history's.
More than once I've suggested to said offenders that they visit moveon.org and get over it.
More than once I've suggested to said offenders that they visit moveon.org and get over it.
04-05-2017 | 07:58 AM
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04-05-2017 | 09:29 AM
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Wings, hats, jackets....ALPA pins? All part of the uniform. I just flew with a guy, LCO, from IAH, no ALPA pin. He's retired military. 3rd trip out of SFO 777.
Met in ops. Asked what kind of pin he had on his tie, retired Army. Hmm, where were you hired?.....Says, "Doesn't matter any more." So he thinks I'm going to give him grief over CO, nope, no ALPA pin!
Turns out it was a simple misunderstanding. He did not understand the importance of wearing the ALPA pin, his pin broke the pin off the back and didn't know how to get a new one. So, no problem, we talked, I told him how, trip was great. He'll have a pin for his next trip, BTW, a 20 year pin. Just didn't know. Now he does.
Educate your piers. Contract talks are just around the corner. Sorry for high jacking the thread, but it was on my mind.
Met in ops. Asked what kind of pin he had on his tie, retired Army. Hmm, where were you hired?.....Says, "Doesn't matter any more." So he thinks I'm going to give him grief over CO, nope, no ALPA pin!
Turns out it was a simple misunderstanding. He did not understand the importance of wearing the ALPA pin, his pin broke the pin off the back and didn't know how to get a new one. So, no problem, we talked, I told him how, trip was great. He'll have a pin for his next trip, BTW, a 20 year pin. Just didn't know. Now he does.
Educate your piers. Contract talks are just around the corner. Sorry for high jacking the thread, but it was on my mind.
04-05-2017 | 09:35 AM
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Wings, hats, jackets....ALPA pins? All part of the uniform. I just flew with a guy, LCO, from IAH, no ALPA pin. He's retired military. 3rd trip out of SFO 777.
Met in ops. Asked what kind of pin he had on his tie, retired Army. Hmm, where were you hired?.....Says, "Doesn't matter any more." So he thinks I'm going to give him grief over CO, nope, no ALPA pin!
Turns out it was a simple misunderstanding. He did not understand the importance of wearing the ALPA pin, his pin broke the pin off the back and didn't know how to get a new one. So, no problem, we talked, I told him how, trip was great. He'll have a pin for his next trip, BTW, a 20 year pin. Just didn't know. Now he does.
Educate your piers. Contract talks are just around the corner. Sorry for high jacking the thread, but it was on my mind.
Met in ops. Asked what kind of pin he had on his tie, retired Army. Hmm, where were you hired?.....Says, "Doesn't matter any more." So he thinks I'm going to give him grief over CO, nope, no ALPA pin!
Turns out it was a simple misunderstanding. He did not understand the importance of wearing the ALPA pin, his pin broke the pin off the back and didn't know how to get a new one. So, no problem, we talked, I told him how, trip was great. He'll have a pin for his next trip, BTW, a 20 year pin. Just didn't know. Now he does.
Educate your piers. Contract talks are just around the corner. Sorry for high jacking the thread, but it was on my mind.
04-05-2017 | 09:37 AM
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Ok, I had my reservations, but I have to take him at his word. Agreed. After how many years the merger goes on, and he didn't know? Hopefully he'll wear it now. He did get a landing...and he did live through flying helicopters in the army, that has to count for something.
04-05-2017 | 10:03 AM
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I'm hoping that by setting them straight you meant that you told them off for even approaching you and inquiring as to your status? Still hearing Continental this and Continental that at the ridiculous FPA's in SFO while they review tropospheres and 6 month old maintenance write-up history's.
More than once I've suggested to said offenders that they visit moveon.org and get over it.
More than once I've suggested to said offenders that they visit moveon.org and get over it.
Saw a guy get out of the hotel van with a goatee and about 15 pieces of L-UA bling to include the old wings and hat.
Before you think I'm anti-UA (I'm not) I'll agree that whiny CAL pilots have cornered the market on not wearing the ALPA pin because of some imagined wrongdoing.
04-05-2017 | 09:48 PM
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SFO is by far the worst as far as being still hung up on the merger and how bad CAL is/was.
Saw a guy get out of the hotel van with a goatee and about 15 pieces of L-UA bling to include the old wings and hat.
Before you think I'm anti-UA (I'm not) I'll agree that whiny CAL pilots have cornered the market on not wearing the ALPA pin because of some imagined wrongdoing.
Saw a guy get out of the hotel van with a goatee and about 15 pieces of L-UA bling to include the old wings and hat.
Before you think I'm anti-UA (I'm not) I'll agree that whiny CAL pilots have cornered the market on not wearing the ALPA pin because of some imagined wrongdoing.
04-06-2017 | 04:32 AM
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Saw a guy hold the elevator for a scab, give him the friendly chit chat and regards. The scab was a ALPA pin wearer from the forgiven tribe. I recognized his name the other pilot didn't.
I think that says a lot about ALPA when they are willing to forgive and give pins to those scabs. The corporation of ALPA is more important than the morality of ALPA.
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