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Ultra Grump said:I prefer to take the middle ground. Keeps things more "fair and balanced," to quote a media outlet with which I am sure you are very familiar.
LJDRVR said:I'm going to chime in here in Rusty's favor. The IAM MEC chairman at his former place of employment single-handedly caused the destruction of a great airline. To protect his membership? No. Over some great altruistic principle? No. Charlie Bryan took the steps necessary to allow Frank Lorenzo to purchase Eastern Airlines simply because he pathologically hated Frank Boreman, and was willing to destroy the livelihood of thousands of workers simply to stick it to a single individual.
Rustyfan's experience with that single, career altering event more than qualifies him to sit on this board and make fun of you folks who think unions are the end-all be all of worker's nirvana.
Yes, you negotiated a great contract. We are all proud of you for that. But you guys and gals that work for NJ need to take some time and LISTEN to the guys like Rusty who've seen the dark underbelly of corrupt, self-serving union leadership. You folks NEED to educate yourselves about other MEC's in our industry and see what's going on in an effort to prevent those types of issues from happening to you. Do y'all know what's happened with CALALPA in the last several years? You need to find out. Are you aware of what's going on in the industry involving alter-ego and holding company scams? Your beloved teamsters have chosen to represent a group of excrement who are making a complete joke of a CBA negotiated by a group of ALPA pilots. Careers are being destroyed and wages forever lost simply because the teamsters would like to collect some dues.
Am I saying that you all should become bitter and angry about all of this? Of course not. Again, you guys and girls negotiated a great contract. But if you fail to heed the lessons of those who've gone before, you'll eventually end up chewing on somebodies ____ sandwich. Listen to what guys like RustyFan are saying. He's got some experience there you can't even fathom. To dismiss him as bitter and irrelevant is to lose a great resource for your own education and enlightenment.
I only have two years of experience with pilot unions, but I can tell you as a student of my industry, many of his points that you dismiss are true.
LJDRVR said:I'm going to chime in here in Rusty's favor. .
jetwash said:What do you do with a grumpy old pilot in total meltdown?