PCL:
Caught eating from the litter box again?
Just what is it with you. Your present state of mind is that the industry ills are two fold.......JetBlue (and SWA from the looks of your last post) and non-union airlines.
What the hell....I'll throw you another pitch and watch you swing and miss.
Cleaning the airplane....what a downer. 5 minutes out of your day to put on some gloves and be a part of the team. For the record, we don't clean lavs, although I have done it at my past three airlines in the name of getting a quick turn and not having the customers repulsed by the odor. Further, I would do it in a heartbeat if I had to. We don't vacuum the cabin. We do some light "housekeeping" in the name of keeping the jet in the air. We also revel in the fact that we don't have high priced "union" talent sitting idle for hours getting grossly overpaid to spend the same 5 minutes doing a terrible job cleaning the jet. Further, our planes are very clean which is part of our brand.
Try it some time....you might notice the FA and if she/he is cute, you might get lucky. Then again, with you walking around in your pilot hat, chest out, redneck boots, and PFT wings on, and occasionally getting on here puking out your bile, you don't have the time for that, do you?
Regional pay for mainline jets? Pot, meet the kettle PCL 128. You are the one flying mainline planes for regional pay. In case you were wondering, the payrates that USAirways and others are getting for the 190 are a direct result of having to lower the bar to get the jets. If they asked for a rate higher, the planes, flying, and the jobs go to the lowest bidder and that would be a real shame for you, right? Oh, that's right, you don't want the jets at PCL. I wonder what kind of dilemna that creates for a big time ALPA pimp.
Let me give you a clue......you want the jets at PCL. Because your current billet as ALPA man at PCL demands you represent your bretheren at PCL and be damned with the other pilots in this land. That means you get any and all flying you can for your group. It is called representation. Quite an enigma, having to represent your group and tow the line for a union that represents the same group that your actions will screw. That is why I will continually hammer away at guys like you who claim the holy grail of ALPA when it is an institution that cannot stand as it is currently structured.
BTW, isn't it about time for you and 32LT10 to get together? His puke should be reappearing shortly.
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