I am not self righteous, just self respecting. I respect the sacrifices of those that came before me, and the sacrifices of my peers. I feel nothing but contempt for those that undue others hard work. I feel contempt for those that are undercutting you, unless you are hojets trash, or an A lister.
I never said you have to. However, It would be nice to have some solidarity. Feel free to sit on the sidelines passively and watch whats left of this career run aground. Hopefully there will be enough people that have a pair and actively do what little they can to stop this cancer.
(I seriously doubt it. Management needs to cut costs (look at ASA and Comair) and will continue to do so. All this talk about holding the line is a bunch of BS given the current state of the airline industry.)
Like any situation there are many truths. One undeniable truth, is that hojets is hurting every pilot involved in this industry. While they are blind to it, the hojets pilots are hurting themselves as well.
(- I seriously doubt this. I believe they have become the scapegoat for everything that is wrong with the regionals. Every regional will act to self-preserve and management will act accordingly. If one regional takes pay cuts everyone else will fall in line in order to keep flying.)
Hojets pilots made their bed. They can sleep uncomfortably in it. I choose not to hug them and accept them.
If the ends justify the means............
(Did anyone else catch what this person is saying?)
(If the "end justifies the means". Do you know what you are talking about? This would never hold up in a court of law that any action you do is justified to get to an end. I can just see you in front of the judge telling him your actions were justified because it meant an end that "you" determined was proper..)
(Or....whatever means you've done be it good or evil, it's still affects the end. That the means and the ends are interrelated, so that the fact that you've done "bad" things to achieve your goal, the "end" you've reached is also dirty and evil... even if it's for the good of the many.. and somehow it will have a negative effect. And you'll suffer the consequences.)
(These types of actions and attitudes hurt the industry and the integrity of the pilot group more than any other action. People look up to this industry. Pilots are there to keep them and their loved ones "safe". When they hear about these kind of actions and attitudes it hurts the industry.)
Of the top of my head, Air Wisconsin. A reputable carrier with good people that worked hard to improve their, and through association, all other regional pilots lot in life. They were undercut, and had their lives uprooted due in no small part to the thankless pukes at hojets. At the time hojets was hatching, there were other airlines hiring as well. ASA, SkyWest, COEX, Horizon, I'm sure there were others......
(Air Wisconsin was not undercut. UAL was looking to cut costs and they happened to be the second most expensive (in regards to costs) regional behind American Eagle.)
(When I said good jobs I did not mean another regional at $18,000 dollars a year. Many pilots cannot go back to that kind of pay...They have put too much into this job and have too many expenses to do that. Management knows there are very few good jobs and will force continuing cuts onto the pilot group until people stop showing up for those "good" $18,000 a year jobs.)
Love it or leave it huh? I suppose I should be embracing and accepting those that damage the career I have chosen.
There is not a good enough reason they could possibly provide, short of a gun being held to their head.
(Again- there you go hurting the industry again.)
If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck........
I'm not sure, as I don't work there, and was not privy to all that transpired. What I do know, is this: if HK couldn't staff his new low-ball, scumbag outfit, he would have been forced to deal with those at TSA that are attempting to improve the lives of regional pilots.
