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<blockquote data-quote="ezrider" data-source="post: 56855"><p><font color="0000ff">Just curious, how many express packages in the empty planes do you think the pilots had to fly if they weren't walking the picket lines with the majority of us?</font> </p><p> </p><p>Meaning what? That the pilots just thought it would be fun to hang out in the hot August afternoon holding a sign for all of high-up management to see and that there was no risk to them for taking a stand with us? You ought to be counting your blessings that they stood out there for you and me instead of crying about how "well paid" they are compared to "the majority", whatever you've deemed that to be. </p><p> </p><p> The pilots standing out on the line was a big boost in the eyes of the general public watching. Much of the public saw them as true professionals lending a much-needed credibility that wasn't there in many spots around the country where many IBT "brothers" behaved like absolute idiots in front of the T.V. cameras even staging acts of violence. If any of the IPA have been reading some of yours and some nameless others' revisionist sense of history here I'd bet they are sorry they bothered to stand alongside "the majority" back then. They aren't even asking you to put your neck on the line and stand alonside them like they did for us if it comes down to that. They just want "the majority" to understand and not make uneducated passing judgements in haste. Your obviously too selfish and narrow minded to even give them that. </p><p> </p><p><font color="0000ff">How many hours would the preloaders lose in the morning due to a later start time?</font> </p><p> </p><p>Can't answer that one since hardly any of them show up on-time or at all or even stay thru the entire shift to begin with. Hey, just curious. Are these pre-loaders that start(and then usually leave within weeks) at the same starting wage as 20 years ago, part of this "majority" of "average paid workers" you have grouped together? What if they decided to band together and stage a walkout? I suppose management is stupid enough to think they could just contract out those "great opportunity" jobs along with the pilots as well. And once that precedent is set, if your a driver with one of those "average paid" employees with one of those dreaded evil "pensions", they won't mind contracting YOUR JOB as well. </p><p> </p><p>Good grief. Get a clue before you bring that slop in here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ezrider, post: 56855"] <font color="0000ff">Just curious, how many express packages in the empty planes do you think the pilots had to fly if they weren't walking the picket lines with the majority of us?</font> Meaning what? That the pilots just thought it would be fun to hang out in the hot August afternoon holding a sign for all of high-up management to see and that there was no risk to them for taking a stand with us? You ought to be counting your blessings that they stood out there for you and me instead of crying about how "well paid" they are compared to "the majority", whatever you've deemed that to be. The pilots standing out on the line was a big boost in the eyes of the general public watching. Much of the public saw them as true professionals lending a much-needed credibility that wasn't there in many spots around the country where many IBT "brothers" behaved like absolute idiots in front of the T.V. cameras even staging acts of violence. If any of the IPA have been reading some of yours and some nameless others' revisionist sense of history here I'd bet they are sorry they bothered to stand alongside "the majority" back then. They aren't even asking you to put your neck on the line and stand alonside them like they did for us if it comes down to that. They just want "the majority" to understand and not make uneducated passing judgements in haste. Your obviously too selfish and narrow minded to even give them that. <font color="0000ff">How many hours would the preloaders lose in the morning due to a later start time?</font> Can't answer that one since hardly any of them show up on-time or at all or even stay thru the entire shift to begin with. Hey, just curious. Are these pre-loaders that start(and then usually leave within weeks) at the same starting wage as 20 years ago, part of this "majority" of "average paid workers" you have grouped together? What if they decided to band together and stage a walkout? I suppose management is stupid enough to think they could just contract out those "great opportunity" jobs along with the pilots as well. And once that precedent is set, if your a driver with one of those "average paid" employees with one of those dreaded evil "pensions", they won't mind contracting YOUR JOB as well. Good grief. Get a clue before you bring that slop in here. [/QUOTE]
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