frozenboxhauler

Pretty cool! Why the MAX breaks?, the runway looked dry. Almost landed out of the touch down zone. Throttles workin' overtime, judging by the sound. I hope you fly the sim better.
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reddog25

You're thinking of Virgin Atlantic. Though you're observation makes the point of those who want to prevent VA from starting ops in America. It is a foreign controlled company.

FlyingA320

I found it on youtube...

Fred Flintstone

Let me see here, a CAL 777 CA should have been around in 86 right? What were you doing to raise industry standards while I was paying assessments for your strike? Let's make sure we know who is passing judgment from his lofty 777 seat. This "lowering standards" argument has been going around for years. All it says is "I got mine, so any new competition is a threat to me".

As for the jumpseat threat you and green slime throw around so easily, have you ever considered your rogue actions are against your own union policy? That your actions put the jumpseat privilege for your own pilots in jeopardy? You are welcome to scream, yell and present resolutions all you want to your MEC and company, but once the rules are written, as a good union member you are expected to OBEY the majority rule. Anything less is at the least not being a good union member and could possibly be a violation of your company policy that your union leadership will be hard pressed to defend.

As a former system chief pilot of a large company, I once had a captain refuse a "known strike breaker" from a company we did a lot of business with. The other chief pilot informed me that his hands were tied, my captain had violated the jumpseat agreement by refusing his pilot based on union affiliation, placing the entire agreement in jeopardy for his 8000 pilots and my 1500 pilots. I had to call my guy in, and while I would not violate captains authority by ordering him to carry the other pilot I would inform him that his actions, however righteous he felt they were, would inconvenience quite a few others. He made the right decision, which was fully supported by both MEC chairmen, both jumpseat committees and both chief pilot offices.

My point to you is your comments are just as much "me, me, me" as the other side's are.

Velocipede

Tough ****, Fred. I don't have to take anyone on the jumpseat I don't want to (with limited exceptions). Personally, I don't think Union pilots should even be talking to B6 pilots, much less asking them for favors. "Could I pleeesse have a jumpseat, so I can watch you stab me in the back?"

Ludicrous.

Fred Flintstone

You make my point nicely lime slime. Your MEC chairman will have to use valuable negotiating capital to keep your butt out of trouble for violating your own rules. I'm sure your fellow pilots will really appreciate that. That's a typical senior captain mentality you have there. You call guys ducks and go quack, quack, quack. Every body else hears you as the sea gulls in Finding Nemo "Mine, mine, mine".

BTW, you never answered my question on your whereabouts in 85 & 86. You did say you were involved in some unionism in 72 to 78. Ready to retire? or are you now going to tell us you flew with Wilbur & Orville as well old man?

FlyingA320

you are ridiculous green face; stop writting non-sense,
if it quacks like duck it's most likely velocipede.

PaintCan

So tell us "Oh great VA wannabe", just how many non-union airlines are there in the United States of America?

FlyingA320

mary...go away...you turning to be a green face wannabe...no wonder A330checkairman rags on you.

PaintCan

I think you are the one "Green with Envy!"