No. I've already turned down ALPA's invitation to join and I won't come crawling for help from ALPA in the future despite whatever you post from the security of your tiny little anonymous world. You obviously don't know me if you think otherwise..80@410 wrote:"IF ALPA is successful, I'll watch from the sidelines. I won't be joining the union and I won't be walking a stike line but I'll glady cross it. I didn't get into aviation because of the brotherhood and I'm not going to start now. I don't care what intimidation tactics ALPA goons employ from blanket parties, whistles, or keying my 1998 Ford Explorer, and I don't care what the the reaction of my co-workers is. I was hired by WJ and I've been treated very well here and I believe in keeping my company nimble enough to react to market conditions in order to avoid the dung heap of obscalescence that is thre history of North American airlines."
JS 4799
Truly the most disgusting post I've read from a fellow pilot.
What's the point in trying to better this industry and maintain some semblance of cohesion and professionalism when you have humans like this who care about nothing but themselves and are willing to jump on whatever bandwagon either suits thier best interests of saves their hides.
We all know if he had an incident tomorrow he would be begging someone for the alpa hotline and a sign up form.
no one gives a flying squirrel fart about your flying squirrel suit,
I was hired by WestJet and will continue to be employed by WestJet and the only thing I can see ALPA doing for me is ruining any chance I have to make $370,000 again next year. But it's not about me, so I'll take the seniority bidding they negotaite and work ten days a month because that's how ALPA does things. I'm hearing more and more scuttlebut about the YVR base closeing on the next bid so I think I'll just keep doing my squirrel fart stuff and let you .80 worry about the profession while I look out for my own shit.
I'm in the Chicago area for the next week if you're looking for me. Wringing out a new suit. Off to a comp in Atlanta the week after that. Not sure when I'll check in again but I'm sure you'll have something contructive to add.
Oh, and BTW, the reason I told ALPA I was not applying was because I told them I wouldn't meet their constitutional requirement of "good moral character". So you are likely correct, I care about nothing but myself and won't be doing anything to improve the profession besides doing my job to the best of my ability every time I go to work.