GATRKGA wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:15 pm
Hi guys and gals, with some of the comments made on the "GGN gonna bye bye" thread I can't help but to start a poll and a discussion on where we actually are at with regards to being unified as a pilot group?
The entire industry is watching what you guys ratify at Jazz. I completely appreciate the history, and part of an important history lesson is to not repeat its mistakes. When I see comments like "I can't wait for them to go BOTL, or BOTL is what GGN deserves, etc" I lose hope in our pilot group.
On the flipside, you youngins, you outdo the old by a large margin. Learn from the history of guys throwing each other under the buss. Don't just ratify a contract for more airplanes... don't be selfish. Ratify it if it benefits the greater good of the entire pilot group. Let the corporates compete against each other. We are all pilots and shouldn't be competing against each other. Realize that a good career is dependent on your involvement in making this industry better for yourself and your peers. You and your peers all want the same thing. Career stability, pay, schedule, predictable progression.
I think this is a noble post and a very welcome positive attitude to approach take-over and mergers in the future. From what I can read in other topics, historically there has been a lot of backstabbing. In the last 5 years, there has been no major organised backstabbing for new/younger pilots in take-over/merger situations. There has been swoop, and the creation of some A and B payscales, but if you want to overslimplify things, that was more of an old vs young debate, not soo much young vs young.
This could be a great opportunity for the younger/newer generation to give a signal to start a catch-you-when-you-fall attitude between the different companies. ALPA seems to want to represent all pilots in Canada. So here is the perfect opportunity to show that they truly want to do that. I'm not a big fan of ALPA in general, but in cases like these, there would definitely be upsides to such an organisation.
If the eternal quarrels between pilot groups will ever be a thing of the past, this could be the first step. I also fear that if it does not happen in this case, it will unfortunately always exist and the one unified pilot group will truly be death.
Signed, a non GGN, non Jazz pilot