ALPA/USAPA/Pilot Labor Thread for the week 4/12-4/19

[FlightChic]

hey wanna be pilot stay out of big people business and keep your comments you know jack about to yourself.

Nobody disses on my friends like that! :jerry: You better take that back right now PRONTO! That scathing comment was most unnecessary! :down: Besides, why would YVIntern aspire to become a glorified bus driver for US Trailways and go through all the crap you all are going through? I wouldn't laugh at him too much if I were you because with his business acumen he may very well be running his own airline someday...Then who will be laughing?

 

[lynyrdskynyrd]

Nobody disses on my friends like that! :jerry: You better take that back right now PRONTO! That scathing comment was most unnecessary! :down: Besides, why would YVIntern aspire to become a glorified bus driver for US Trailways and go through all the crap you all are going through? I wouldn't laugh at him too much if I were you because with his business acumen he may very well be running his own airline someday...Then who will be laughing?

When he builds his empire will you be bringing him his coffee? Never mind me, I'm just a glorified bus driver for trailways, carry on.

 

[luvthe9]

Comments are about to get out of hand. Get back on track before we start giving out suspensions.

You ain't seen nothing yet, wait an hour

 

[flynomore]

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[FlightChic]

See. Thats your problem. You don't see this job as one of passion. I grew up wanting nothing more than to do what I'm doing today. Sure I can't go buy a new Cadillac with my first paycheck. But I can enjoy more time at home with my family and friends more with this job than any as compared to my friends who pursued other endevours. We need help in restoring what it was we all signed up for in the first place.

I love nothing more than the exhilaration of landing a large craft with hundreds of people hoping I know what I'm doing behind me.

I still love this job. My younger brother was bitten by a similar bug and I have done everything to reassure him that this is the place to be.

I love my job. And those same friends are envious of my determination to get there and only applaud what it was that I've achieved. They say, especially drunkenly, that they are so jealous of my situation. Not that they have a clue about what were going through. But rather that since they've known me, this is all I've ever wanted.

So yes. My wife and I are trying to make a baby. If that little runt gets stung by the same aviation bug that my brother and I got hit with, I will be the first to encourage that.

I love my job and no matter what it takes, there is nothing better.

Sure would be nice to buy a new Cadillac though!
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That's great that you love your job. I am sincerely happy for you because I would say the majority of people in the US are not happy with their careers. You should count your blessings that you found something you love.

I think for many of our pilots, it is difficult for them to be enthusiastic about flying because of what they have been through and are still going through such as concessions, pay cuts, furloughs, long days, short overnights, loss of retirement, union issues, seniority issues, mgmt, etc. After comparing their adventurous stories from the military and the early days of commercial aviation to working conditions now where they have been beaten up and dragged through mud, I understand their frustrations and lack of enthusiasm. Perhaps the good times are over and the industry has changed for good. I would always encourage anyone to follow their passion but I would make damm sure they knew the good, the bad, and the ugly so they would know what to expect.

 

[Phoenix]

Agreed sir. "Two's In"

PS: Ya' gotta' admit though...it was a whole lotta' fun at times

It was! And frankly the only time we had two planes hit each other happened when both planes had two instructors on board (no students involved). Complacency is the biggest enemy and students had a built in program that usually ensured complacency didn't get to come along.

 

[EastUS]

Complacency is the biggest enemy....

Amen. During my ATC phase of life, we lost a Tweet and and a '38 to pretty much issues attributable to that little demon. Single ship accidents, neg midairs. Cost was two killed, and one student permanently disabled.

 

[FlightChic]

When he builds his empire will you be bringing him his coffee? Never mind me, I'm just a glorified bus driver for trailways, carry on.

No I'll still be bringing you your coffee!

 

[EastUS]

Nobody disses on my friends like that! :jerry: You better take that back right now PRONTO! That scathing comment was most unnecessary! :down: Besides, why would YVIntern aspire to become a glorified bus driver for US Trailways and go through all the crap you all are going through? I wouldn't laugh at him too much if I were you because with his business acumen he may very well be running his own airline someday...Then who will be laughing?

Milady: ...you're ALWAYS welcome to be part of ANY crew I ever have the priveledge to be the big-bad "Captain" of.

 

[Leonidas]

ALPA lost by over 400 votes, the war is on.

 

[EastUS]

ALPA lost by over 400 votes, the war is on.

"War!!??...not THAT again!!...I was just finally getting over my Hollywood-esque flashbacks"
Oh!..You only mean your innocent/adolescent notions of "War"...OK then: Sigh...Bring it on then, oh mighty "General of the Army of Leoonidas".... ..if you feel that you must....


"ALPA lost"..There may yet be hope for this supposed, and once truly great profession...Thank God Allmighty.

 

[luvthe9]

ALPA lost by over 400 votes, the war is on.

really over 500

 

[oldiebutgoody]

I think I smell a lottery ticket burning.....

 

[oldiebutgoody]

ALPA lost by over 400 votes, the war is on.

Break out the checkbooks! Democracy has prevailed!

 

[EastUS]

Break out the checkbooks! Democracy has prevailed!

Indeed sir..but; we now have an entirely dysfunctional west-east combined "family" to work on. This will take some major efforts on the part of all to "make right".