I Say We Burn The Whole Industry Down

[linepilot]

...and take all of those clever MBA's, those parasitic investors, the mindless kool-aide drinkers, and all of the boot lickers with us.
What a ridiculous industry.
It shouldn't be regulated.
It should be abolished.

 

[ATA For Now!]

I agree...let 'em all take the BUS!!!!!

F this industry!

RV

 

[chignutsak]

At the end of the day, no one will have the balls.

 

[ATA For Now!]

At the end of the day, no one will have the balls.

Sad, but true. What will it take?? Anyone??

 

[GogglesPisano]

At the end of the day, no one will have the balls.

Exactly.
Where do you think we are, in France? Or, Italy?

 

[McNugget]

At the end of the day, no one will have the balls.

True, because pilots (as a group) are the biggest boot-lickers of all. All talk and no action.

 

[Voice Of Reason]

...and take all of those clever MBA's, those parasitic investors, the mindless kool-aide drinkers, and all of the boot lickers with us.
What a ridiculous industry.
It shouldn't be regulated.
It should be abolished.

Yeah! Turn this mother out!
:beer:

 

[~~~^~~~]

Sad, but true. What will it take?? Anyone??

National Suspension of Service.

But we had probably better wait until a Democrat takes office.

If anybody official asks, the illegal nationwide strike was coordinated, sponsored and led by the fabulous new USAPA.:beer:

P.S. Include the USAPA's address and Registered Agent for Service of legal process when you tell 'em.

 

[Erlanger]

We need to have a national walkout or no-show day. Every pilot from every airline, just calls in sick or no-shows and shuts down every damn airline.

 

[Pinkslip]

If the pilots of this country had a decent union to represent everyone, maybe a national walkout could occur.

Who's next to leave ALPA? NWA?

 

[AA717driver]

Since we can't bring our kids to work on "Bring Your Kids To Work Day", let's have a "I'm Staying Home With My Kid Day".

Hey, MBA! If you're so F%@king smart, YOU fly the planes! TC

 

[Morning Wood]

Okay internet tough guys...who's going to walk the plank first? Hope you all have money stuffed in your mattresses or buried in your back yards. You might want to ask your friendly local American pilot how that type of strategy worked for them a couple years ago.

 

[Captzaahlie]

We need to have a national walkout or no-show day. Every pilot from every airline, just calls in sick or no-shows and shuts down every damn airline.

Ok Erlanger,
(tag~you are it)
Set it all up for us and I will participate!

 

[Lear70]

National Suspension of Service.

If anybody official asks, the illegal nationwide strike was coordinated, sponsored and led by the fabulous new USAPA.:beer:

P.S. Include the USAPA's address and Registered Agent for Service of legal process when you tell 'em.

ROFLMFAO!!!

On a less-joking note, you're fraking CRAZY if you think you'll get ANY kind of meaningful turnout.

99% of the Top 20% of any seniority list DOESN'T GIVE A RAT SH*T. They're doing OK and aren't going to jeopardize it.

The next 20% are looking at having those top spots in just a few years and don't want to frak it up, either.

The next 20% are the guys with an ex-wife, child support, spousal support, and are just barely hanging on to all their payments while living in an 800 sq ft efficiency in South Atlanta. They can't afford to SOS or they'll go to jail for failure to pay child support, and spousal support.

The next 20% would be your ONLY hope, but you can't get those guys to show up to a 30 minute march in D.C. with free transportation and free food provided afterwards. Participation last time was what, 2%?

The bottom 20% are just hired and happy to be out of a regional or crap 135 job. You're CRAZY if you think those people are going to SOS.

So your problems are:

1. It's illegal.
2. Wrong generation (in the 70's people didn't care if it was legal or not).
3. Wrong leadership (no one of any consequence is going to volunteer to lead this thing - they'd end up in jail about 10 minutes after making a national announcement of their intention - and the only way this helps anything is for it to be VERY public).

Basically, you're p*ssing upwind,,,

But I admire your spirit!

Now, go get on the contract compliance or negotiating committee of your MEC and put that anger to work positively. Unions aren't perfect, but they ARE the tool we have to work with.

Follow your contract 110% to the ABSOLUTE letter and not ONE mm more.

Do your job, be a professional, and go home and enjoy your families.

Those 3 things are the only things that will work until the RLA changes or we get a MUCH more employee-friendly NLRB.

 

[Fozzy]

Okay internet tough guys...who's going to walk the plank first? Hope you all have money stuffed in your mattresses or buried in your back yards. You might want to ask your friendly local American pilot how that type of strategy worked for them a couple years ago.

The earlier posters had it right. No one has the balls. It would be the ultimate game of chicken. And you can not blink because it would be disastrous. Everyone would have to be onboard and ready to STFD. But from what I have seen, the 121's don't have that kind of balls. Sorry, but true. You would have to be ready to turn off the lights. And for a SOS, you would have to be ready for complete chaos.
But know one thing, if you pulled it off, the whole world would be watching.
So the question that I want to ask is what would you want? I mean if you STFD, what are you looking to obtain to fix your situation?
I dream of the day my flight is canceled, for days, for something like this. Seriously.