Newjetjockey
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For those of you who were around in the Eastern days I have questions about how the end went down. We all know about the list and the folks on it. After flying with several people on the list and not on the list, I have learned that there are several levels of scabs at Eastern. Could people who were around to watch the Airline crumble please let me know if I have the story right?
The first level was called the "Golden 200." These were the mostly management pilots who crossed the picket line immediately. They were more that happy to help Lorenzo break the union.
The second level is the people who were not employed at Eastern before the strike. These people crossed the picket line to get a job. They too were more than happy to help Lorenzo break the union and they got a great job while at it.
The third level was the people who went back to work after the strike was ongoing. I think these were called "crawl backs."
The forth level were people who went back to work after the local MEC said to go back to work. Apparently the Eastern MEC Chairman told everyone in August of '89 to go back to work. Some did and some did not.
The forth level are the people I have questions about but tend to sympathize with. Do I have my facts correct? Are they really able to justify “crossing the line?” The people in this level don’t actually consider themselves scabs. They say the local MEC told them to go back to work. They say ALPA denies any participation in the scab list and did nothing to get many peoples names removed from that list.
Please don’t respond to this post if you just want to vent your hatred for all scabs. I’m just wondering if these guys really have a leg to stand on with their justification for “crossing the line,” or, are they just full of it, and this is just a sob story?
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The first level was called the "Golden 200." These were the mostly management pilots who crossed the picket line immediately. They were more that happy to help Lorenzo break the union.
The second level is the people who were not employed at Eastern before the strike. These people crossed the picket line to get a job. They too were more than happy to help Lorenzo break the union and they got a great job while at it.
The third level was the people who went back to work after the strike was ongoing. I think these were called "crawl backs."
The forth level were people who went back to work after the local MEC said to go back to work. Apparently the Eastern MEC Chairman told everyone in August of '89 to go back to work. Some did and some did not.
The forth level are the people I have questions about but tend to sympathize with. Do I have my facts correct? Are they really able to justify “crossing the line?” The people in this level don’t actually consider themselves scabs. They say the local MEC told them to go back to work. They say ALPA denies any participation in the scab list and did nothing to get many peoples names removed from that list.
Please don’t respond to this post if you just want to vent your hatred for all scabs. I’m just wondering if these guys really have a leg to stand on with their justification for “crossing the line,” or, are they just full of it, and this is just a sob story?
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