UALjan15
Uniform Swapper
- Joined
- Dec 13, 2002
- Posts
- 257
Turtle,
Believe it or not, we are not at "hatred" yet.....I have a few words that do describle how most west guys feel about the east group: shocked, disbelief, dissappointed, frustrated, belittled, disrespected.
You are correct in pinpointing the timing of our outcry at the issuance of the Nicolau award. Our initial response was not elation by any means...more like "whew....thank God that Nicolau saw through the East's blatant attempt at a land grab and granted something reasonable." We expected an east response of something like: "Well, we shot for the moon and missed, but at least we all got relative seniority and everyone keeps their seats & fleets." Instead we got the past 6 months of destructive tactics by our east brethren.
I don't want to drone on forever in response to blatant flamebait, but it all boils down to this: There is a line between trying to do best by your pilot group and trying to completely squash and subordinate a brother pilot group. The east does not respect this line, or perhaps doesn't even see a line at all. So yes, in that respect, we have started to take personal offense to that attitude.
You are all so fond of the DOH/DOS with fences solution that you claim protects everyone, right? If we lived in a static world, you all might be right. But no one can say for certain what will become of any of our domiciles. The company can shrink some and grow others to match their tastes, and we are just pawns along for the ride--just ask any former PSA guy! At least with Nicolau, if pilots are forced out from west to east or vice versa, at least they can bid as equals with the other side. The east plan would staple most of our group, forcing most of our Captains and all of our F/Os to slot in behind your furloughee returns. If that sounds fair to you, please see the above comment about squashing and subordinating another pilot group.
Believe it or not, we are not at "hatred" yet.....I have a few words that do describle how most west guys feel about the east group: shocked, disbelief, dissappointed, frustrated, belittled, disrespected.
You are correct in pinpointing the timing of our outcry at the issuance of the Nicolau award. Our initial response was not elation by any means...more like "whew....thank God that Nicolau saw through the East's blatant attempt at a land grab and granted something reasonable." We expected an east response of something like: "Well, we shot for the moon and missed, but at least we all got relative seniority and everyone keeps their seats & fleets." Instead we got the past 6 months of destructive tactics by our east brethren.
I don't want to drone on forever in response to blatant flamebait, but it all boils down to this: There is a line between trying to do best by your pilot group and trying to completely squash and subordinate a brother pilot group. The east does not respect this line, or perhaps doesn't even see a line at all. So yes, in that respect, we have started to take personal offense to that attitude.
You are all so fond of the DOH/DOS with fences solution that you claim protects everyone, right? If we lived in a static world, you all might be right. But no one can say for certain what will become of any of our domiciles. The company can shrink some and grow others to match their tastes, and we are just pawns along for the ride--just ask any former PSA guy! At least with Nicolau, if pilots are forced out from west to east or vice versa, at least they can bid as equals with the other side. The east plan would staple most of our group, forcing most of our Captains and all of our F/Os to slot in behind your furloughee returns. If that sounds fair to you, please see the above comment about squashing and subordinating another pilot group.