BoilerUP said:
Never called anybody a scab there, skippy - but please, keep putting words in my mouth. I'd have refuted this BS quicker had the email notifications been working properly...
Lots of people had families & obligations but didn't cross picket lines at Continental & Eastern & Comair. Lots of people had obligations but didn't join Freedom A. And lots of people with obligations at TSA and elsewhere didn't want to undermind the TSA pilot group in their negotiations. There are a few that did, because they were "looking out for themselves, because the union could care less about your life." Well that may be...but I'll sleep well knowing I didn't stab anybody in the back on my proverbial 'way to the top'
Rant off.
Paul Lucas
Class of 2005
No offense Paul, though you will likely take offense anyway. Apparently, you are just starting out in this industry and have invested less that a year as a probationary FO at TSA.
In the above quote you say you haven't called anyone a scab, but in the following paragraph you compare your dispute with real scabs crossing picket lines during the Eastern, Continental and Comair strikes.
Let me take a wild guess that you got the gig at TSA with less than 500 hours and now with less than a year at TSA and still less than 1000 hours you are spouting off about your long hard work at TSA.
Come on man, you have got to get over it. People get screwed in this business every day and this will not be your last time. And, it doesn't remotely compare to those of us who have experienced a lot worse. If you stay in this industry you will experience a lot worse too and you'll probably laugh at how upset you got over this.
Like it or not, fair or not, management at TSA has done what it has done and that will not change regardless how mad you guys get. Hopefully, one day you'll move on to mainline somewhere, as will the guys at GJ and you'll have to fly with these guys. Animosity will get you nowhere in this business and continuing your angry conflict will do nothing for you.
TSA holdings has managed to start another airline and they will continue to hire pilots, just like Compass, Republic and Mesa among others taking many former mainline pilot jobs, as have you at TSA. Is it fair? No, but I'll get over it.
When you accepted your present job, you took it because it was available and it was offered. You didn't cross a picket line, but you did take flying that was formerly mainline flying. The guys that are taking jobs at GJ are not crossing a picket line, they take a job that is available and offered and if they didn't take it someone else would.
That's how they get pilots at Mesa to fly CRJ900's with a minimum of 8 days off, for $21/hour, and per diem of $1.22.
It is sad, but a fact of life. I just met one of their CRJ900 FO's doing IOE, less than 300 hours TT, couldn't hardly talk on the radio much less manage the automation. Go figure. I am not in favor of it, but I can't change it. If it were up to me, no one would be permitted to fly for a 121 carrier unless they at least had their ATP. That would slow down the race to the bottom.