Who is Freedom and Why are they in my Backyard?

[olympus593]

All TSA, Go Jet, Mesa, Freedom, Air Midwest, Chatauqua (21$ an hour on the EMB190) ETC... don't bother asking for the jumpseat...

 

[100LL... Again!]

What an a$$.

You're a drop in the bucket. Only the whackos care about this crap. If they don't get on your airplane, they'll get on the next.

Or buy a pass.

Using the jumpseat as a weapon against anyone YOU think is hurting the industry is a one-man war against the world. You will lose. However, you will have the satisfaction of flipping the bird to the legions of pilots who will overrun you.

 

[Traumahawk]

People talk big on b*tch boards like this one.

Olympus is probably talking about the Flight Attendant jumpseat that you shouldn't bother asking for.

I know she wouldn't have the balls to say no to a decent human being trying to get to work or home. Thats up to the captain anyways.

 

[Wesb737fo]

I don't know why this is so freakin hard. I see alot of posts on this board that say if you bash a freedom guy, you bash the whole group. Freedom may now be folded back into Mesa, but DO NOT FORGET, the only reason that Airline got off the ground was a specific number of Mesa pilots screwed the rest by jumping over. (I have seen the list)

Freedom was a tool to get around negotiating a fair contract with the pilots.

Only a specific group of pilots let that happen.

Once it happened, and the rest of Mesa Pilots had to take a concessionary contract, Freedom was then folded back into Mesa and that specific group had to go back and face the music.

I am sorry for the one's who did not have a choice (yes, there were some)
The rest of you did what you did for a reason. ALPA could not legally tag you with SCAB, but you know what you did. You know why you did it. You got played. Now take your lumps.

 

[aewanabe]

All TSA, Go Jet, Mesa, Freedom, Air Midwest, Chatauqua (21$ an hour on the EMB190) ETC... don't bother asking for the jumpseat...

Don't worry hotstuff, I won't. Most likely I'll be sitting in the back on a pass and you won't even know I'm here. Smooches.

 

[say again]

The more I read, the less and less I miss working for the airlines!! My hair is growing back (still gray though), my blood pressure is back to a safe range, and I'm actually making $$$.

 

[surplus1]

Freedom was a tool to get around negotiating a fair contract with the pilots.

Somebody really brainwashed you big time. I think that somebody lives in Herndon, VA.

Freedom was a "tool" to get around the ALPA scope clause at USAirways. Republic is a "tool" to get around the APA scope clause at American. So is GoJet.

Sure JO used it against you, but that's not how or why it got started. The true "blame" for this sort of thing rests squarely on the shoulders of the folks that run the biggest pilot union in the country and their copy cat buddies at AA.

I wonder why everyone is afraid to call a spade a spade?

 

[100LL... Again!]

Well put.

 

[Wesb737fo]

Horsesh@#t,

Nobody friggin brainwashed me. You must have been one of the "tools" that decided to screw over your fellow pilots to get ahead. I was there. I saw it happen. To blame ALPA shows your true colors. Scumbag. I support the Mesa guys who put up with the BS that goes on over there. As far as the rest, you can expect a boot in the a@@s if you decide you want to jump seat. We know who you are.

If I had to choose between the current management and ALPA, you are f#$%n right I will pick ALPA. Your are both 100% idiots.