Age 60.....
The age 60 rule was reviewed by ALPA. They presented the issue to everyone, they educated everyone, they polled their members and they put it to a vote.
Vote your peace. Vote the way you think is correct, be an advocate for your position. But remember - you are just but one vote. One opinion of many. Regardless of how many strikes you have been a part of, or how many more you will endure.
There are people on both sides of the issue. Approaching Age 60 with 20 years in the company, lots of vacation, widebody captain pay - don't want to stop flying. Others who are 25, junior on the list, sitting in the back of the Boeing. There are others still who are furloughed, pilots who paid their dues who did not get a chance to vote. Each with their own opinion, some get one vote.
They voted, the results are in.
Bottom line: You vote what you believe in. You hope the results go your way. IF so - great. If not - that is the way the process works.
I know that people have strong opinions on the issue. But that is just ONE opinon. There is someone out there that feels just as strongly as you, in opposition. That doesn't make them wrong - only in opposed to your position.
But you have an opportunity to say your peace, get your opinion out there and try to convince people to vote your way.
Unless of course you aren't a member - then you need to shut your pie hole and quit your belly-aching. You don't have a speaking part in this play. The only thing worse than someone who doesn't contribute to the process is someone who sits on the sidelines and belly-aches about the results. If you don't pay dues and are not part of the process - you don't have a valued opinion. You may have an opinion - it just is not valued.
The age 60 rule was reviewed by ALPA. They presented the issue to everyone, they educated everyone, they polled their members and they put it to a vote.
Vote your peace. Vote the way you think is correct, be an advocate for your position. But remember - you are just but one vote. One opinion of many. Regardless of how many strikes you have been a part of, or how many more you will endure.
There are people on both sides of the issue. Approaching Age 60 with 20 years in the company, lots of vacation, widebody captain pay - don't want to stop flying. Others who are 25, junior on the list, sitting in the back of the Boeing. There are others still who are furloughed, pilots who paid their dues who did not get a chance to vote. Each with their own opinion, some get one vote.
They voted, the results are in.
Bottom line: You vote what you believe in. You hope the results go your way. IF so - great. If not - that is the way the process works.
I know that people have strong opinions on the issue. But that is just ONE opinon. There is someone out there that feels just as strongly as you, in opposition. That doesn't make them wrong - only in opposed to your position.
But you have an opportunity to say your peace, get your opinion out there and try to convince people to vote your way.
Unless of course you aren't a member - then you need to shut your pie hole and quit your belly-aching. You don't have a speaking part in this play. The only thing worse than someone who doesn't contribute to the process is someone who sits on the sidelines and belly-aches about the results. If you don't pay dues and are not part of the process - you don't have a valued opinion. You may have an opinion - it just is not valued.
