We will significantly raise the bar in all areas and you will not ever fly a jet with a globe on it.
Considering that isn't my goal, I am not too worried.
If it is, then how come you needed the mainline pilots support to get the prop MOU. Support that by your own ALPA leadership claimed was at first non-existent, and at best exausted very quickly.
Why don't you go tell all the mainline pilots that it is your flying, I'm sure they'd be interested in what you have to say. To claim it is okay to take mainline flying because they failed to scope you out is no difference than us being able to take "your" flying because you failed to scope us out. To claim we are lowering the bar in the industry when you work with a pilot group that was one of the leading group of PFT's is just plain hypocritcal. The only apples and oranges difference is that you did what you had to get ahead a few years ago, and others are doing it now. A classic case of "I got mine so screw the rest of you".
You have claimed numerous times that Xjet has no chance of having a successful strike do to the White House. Drawing this simple conclusion based on having a Republican named Bush in the White House is quite simply stupidity.
You are quite stupid if you think that is all I said. If you are going to argue with someone, at least figure out what they said first. Since you obviously can't remember, here is a refresher: "As long a Dubya is in office, Coex is not going on strike. Do you honestly think a Texas Republican who is very pro-management, is going to allow a Texas based airline - based at an airport named after his daddy - go on strike and cripple business in Texas? Especially not too long after the federal government has (in their minds) spend billions to try and help out the airline industry?"
To make it clearer for you, since you obviously can't figure it out the way it is written, the federal governement just spent billions of dollars bailing out the airline industry. The industry has been through the worst economic years in its history. George W. Bush is very pro-management/anti-labor. He is from Texas and was a former Governor of that state. As a result he has a lot of ties to business in Texas. The part about Coex being based at Bush Intercontinental airport is simpy the icing on the cake, not the substance (you obviously needed that pointed out).
The federal government has a vested interest on getting a return on its investment. ExpressJet going on strike threatens that return. Combine that with a pro-management/anti-labor president, his close ties to Texas business, and the powerful voice of public opinion, and your chances of getting to the point of striking are not that great. I sincerely hope that is clearer for you.
BTW, I only claimed that once, not numerous ocassions.
My problem is with you constantly butting your nose into our issues like your opinon counts. I don't need some guy who doesn't even understand the issue saying things like 'you voted for the Flowthrough so you cannot be upset by it.' You don't work here and do not understand the dynamics of our group so mind you're on business.
Then you guys mind your own. Since your memory is obviously not that great, let me remind you that this whole thing started when your guys butted into our business. Our vote on ALPA was our business only. What we do with it affects us. Our being ALPA does not prevent whipsaw (see Mesa-CCAir, Piedmont-Allegheney-PSA). Nor does it present a unified voice (again see above examples). Your talking about scoping out CommutAir is our business, since it affects us. Since you bring things up in a public forum, it becomes available for the public to comment on it. Sorry it angers you if people disagree with you. Take your ball and go home if you can't handle public comment on your public comments.