FmrFreightDog, thanks for the input. Although I didn't live through the EAL mess first hand as a family member of a striker, I was able to see it pretty close since several of the close family friends were EAL strikers. Yes, I'm aware that many of the strikers provide distinctions between different groups of crossers. The opinions on this are very wide. Some guys don't hold as much contempt for the guys that crawled back, even before Bavis gave the go-ahead, as they do for the guys that crossed at the beginning or the guys that were newhires. I know one rEAL striker that doesn't hold any hard feelings towards any of the scabs, including the guys that crossed proudly on the first day. Then there are other guys that think you're contemptible even if you crawled back at the very end with the blessing of Jack Bavis. The opinions are wide and varied, even among the guys that walked the line until the very last day.
The point of my post was to point out some of the inaccuracies that have been going around about what the EAL MEC and ALPA National did during the end of the strike. I believe this post probably originated because of a debate going on among some guys at AirTran right now because of a guy that's running for NPA President who's name appears on the list. The justification that's being given is that he crossed the line because ALPA National and the EAL MEC gave permission at the end of '89. That's not really accurate. I think people deserve the full story about what happened in the final months of '89 so that they can make their own determination about whether his crossing was justified or not.
The point of my post was to point out some of the inaccuracies that have been going around about what the EAL MEC and ALPA National did during the end of the strike. I believe this post probably originated because of a debate going on among some guys at AirTran right now because of a guy that's running for NPA President who's name appears on the list. The justification that's being given is that he crossed the line because ALPA National and the EAL MEC gave permission at the end of '89. That's not really accurate. I think people deserve the full story about what happened in the final months of '89 so that they can make their own determination about whether his crossing was justified or not.