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Old 04-27-2012, 08:04 PM
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Funny story, last year when the CAL LAX ops went to a self serve operation I was passing thru on day 1 of a trip and the last ops guy was setting up the computers for us to get paperwork and the LAX pilots company v-files (place for revisions, flaming bags of poo, etc) was over in a corner. Came thru 2 days later and the v-files had been moved behind a locked door and that pictoral scab list had been tacked to the wall with a HUGE felt marker SCAB written on the wall with an <--- pointing to the list.

Only took two days of no supervision, cracked me up. Lotsa Scabs in LA for CAL, percentage wise.
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Old 04-27-2012, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by throttleweenie
Unfortunately, a bunch of the UAL scabs were ex-Continental. Not sure of the exact # but they're all documented on a master scab list somewhere.

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Does the name Skippy K ring a bell? Dbl CAL SCAB, Fleet Qual and let's not forget....Drug runner
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Old 04-28-2012, 12:38 AM
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CAL had a few that hadn't reached their full potential after crossing the PATCO strike line, when they came to CAL in the early 83 classes. Now that's ingrained genetics.
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Old 04-28-2012, 04:47 AM
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Originally Posted by flite
Ick. Feel like I need a bath after perusing those pages. A few familiar faces. At least a couple that I knew have been gone for years. Can't wait till they're all gone - anyone know when the last one retires? Should have a huge party to show his pathetic ass out the door...
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Old 04-28-2012, 05:21 AM
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Ick. Feel like I need a bath after perusing those pages. A few familiar faces. At least a couple that I knew have been gone for years. Can't wait till they're all gone - anyone know when the last one retires? Should have a huge party to show his pathetic ass out the door...

Some of those guys look old considering they have 15+ years to go.
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Old 04-28-2012, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Lerxst
And they were all forgiven by ALPA. Except for the EAL scabs we inherited in '97, they werent needed as pawns to get another airline back into the ALPA fold and weren't forgiven.

I wondered when these guys would be mentioned here. A whole pack of TRUE EASTERN SCABS migrated to CAL from Express One Int'l in '97/'98. Doubt they mention much about their past lives when flying with them.
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Old 04-28-2012, 05:34 AM
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For someone who wasn't around when all these strikes were going around , are there any books or written documents that sum up the story of the scab incidents that took place ?
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Old 04-28-2012, 05:36 AM
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Saw one from college. She slept her way through it, and we all had bets that she'd be one of the first in line there. Didn't disappoint. Funny thing is a Fed I know flew with a DC-10 crew years later and her name was brought up. Crew said even the scabs hated her.

Another guy was a surprise. Knew him when he was a CFI in the NE. Last thing I'd have expected from him.
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Old 04-28-2012, 05:43 AM
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Theres a guy on there whos daughter used to be an FA where I last worked. Boy was she proud of Daddy. I knew the whole time he was on there and I wanted to vomit listening to her.
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Old 04-28-2012, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by rightside02
For someone who wasn't around when all these strikes were going around , are there any books or written documents that sum up the story of the scab incidents that took place ?
Flying The Line by George Hopkins - volumes 1&2 are a great history lesson. Also "From Wooden Wings" was required reading for all UAL new-hires. Here's a link:
http://crewroom.alpa.org/ual/Desktop...cumentID=10671
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