Awesome! Some MORE "factual" arguments from the General: "Blah, blah, blah," and "You sound like management." Those sure sound like concise, definitive, and defendable arguments to me.
So, now you've changed from "outsourcing to the MAX" to "causing division." Well, I suppose in your mind, it may be the same thing. On the other hand, "causing division" is harder to actually define than "outsourcing," so I can see why you'd pick that mantra.
And what exactly do you mean by "blended at different rates"? Is that a sneaky way of repeating your previously debunked argument? The fact is, as FAT pilots are "blended," it's at the exact same payscale that every other Southwest pilot is on. Nothing different about it.
I realize that you aren't all that concerned with facts and all, but I thought I'd clear up a few things for you. FAT guys represent about 1/5th of the total pilot group, not 1/3. And every FAT guy I've run into so far has been pretty happy to be here at Southwest. Is everyone happy with the way things went down? Of course not, but that's true on both sides, and true with every SLI that' ever occurred in history.
As far as "dumb ones," I'd have to say that title goes to people like YOU, who spend more time and energy falsely "debating" another airline's issue than the players themselves. I suppose I'd have to also add Flopgut to that list as well, seeing as he has thus far volunteered to take a paycut, and to pay an blanket, unlimited assessment to ALPA, just to screw with Southwest.
Oh yeah, and as far as "division" goes, as of the end of 2014, there will be NO division of any sort. No fences, categories, set-asides, preferences for any pilot, of any sort whatsoever. Any pilot can fly from any base or seat that his seniority can hold. Why, that's even better than the DAL/NWA merger, where's there's fences and stuff for years. That sounds a lot like "division" to me.....
Bubba
