Posted on 06/01/2004 1:12:11 PM PDT by IFly4Him
That means we can stop asking for armed pilots.
It also means we can stop flying.
Yeah...WHAT evidence, hmm?
Well, Kerry's got the socialist union leadership whores on board. Big surprise.
And that plan would be?
Non-existent, I'm guessing.
Jimmy Carter had a plan,too.
Iamgine, many of these folks flew in the military. What happens to them when the jump into the uniform of a civilian airline?
This doesn't make any sense.
I reckon it's time to begin taking the train!
another union pisses in their own wheaties...sheesh.
The Capt.
"Another union that is predominantly out-of-step with its members political leanings...."
Very true. That the union bosses endorse any candidate means little. The union members couldn't care less what the bosses think.
Clearly, ALPA hired the DNC to write the release....
Ask the four pilots on 9/11/01 how Clinton's and Gore's policies worked out for airline security.
Then, why don't they vote them out???????
The unions in this country are still stuck in a 1950s mentality, i.e., they still feel that they have tremendous clout and influence over the all the workers in the country.
They still do not realize that outside of their own bubble, many workers are not impressed and are actually turned off by the union movementin today's America.
Cabotage. Brand new word to me. I looked it up in the dictionary and I still don't know what it means.
Amen to stop flying!
And people want to ARM these dumbasses. I don't want them anywhere near a gun.
I don't understand either. I know a lot of these guys - they are torn between their personal beliefs and a hatred for management (which really sucks at a lot of these companies). Some of them are afraid of workplace retribution (I don't mean physical). I think they should do something about it, but they're afraid of losing money.
Have the perfect example of that here in Oklahoma. We had a Right to Work campaign and the leftist union thugs from the East Coast came in the State in droves financed by the Clintonites back East. Our local effort on Right to Work was funded by Oklahomans for the most part.
We passed Right to Work and the precincts around the GM plant in Midwest City voted for Right to Work which made the unions furious. After several court challenges Right to Work is now a fact in OKC.
The GM union bosses decided to get one of their own in the State Legislature so they targeted a guy in the RAT primary that voted for putting Right to Work on the ballot. Their stooge won the primary but lost big time in the regular election to a Republican -- first time a Republican held that seat.
Union bosses are on a total different page from a lot of members today for which we can be grateful.
As far as I am concerned, the Airline Pilots Association and the airline lobbyiest, Daschle's wife, can all go stuff it -- they made their choice when they elected this leadership so I say no more Government bailouts for the unions.
Are Southwest Airlines employees members of the union? Reason I ask is that SW never seems to appear on searches for airline flights.
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