ourkid2000 wrote:Without it, we would become a bunch of self entitled, back stabbing pricks
Explain to me how you're not.
Sheesh,
Never seen the like of you crowd. I always thought us AME's were bad but I have to say, we've got nothing on you. I browse all the various threads and I just can't believe the relations between you all.
Jazz pilots resent Air Georgian and Sky Regional pilots. Sky Regional pilots, on the other hand, can't wait to get out of there. Air Georgian people think they're the next big thing and are about to take over the world...."screw Jazz". Air Canada pilots fight among each other about flying past 60 and forsaking the junior people to Rouge. Embraers are yet another racket. Loads of pilots fighting among each other about temporary foreign workers.....scab this, scab that. Lets not forget about Encore pilots, etc. I really could go on and on.
If this cross sectional sample is somewhat accurate, none of us stand a chance. Not a chance in hell. All I can say is good luck to us all.
It all comes down to someone else wanting what someone else has. Do you seriously wonder why Air Canada has a target painted on it? Job security, higher pay, benifits, big metal, cool destinations; they're all there and everyone would rush in to get a piece of the action if you drop your gaurd. Anarchy will ensue.
Some were denyed, and angry..... some were forced to retire, and angry......some are Scoped and angry......some are just angry cuz they have a lawyer that says they should be angry....... some are just born angry.
It's like a really nice large, perfectly ripe banana. All us Monkeys want it. Like I mentioned before, once you realize that not that long ago we were still swinging in the trees hurtling sticks at one another, we're actually not doing too bad at all. On an evolutionary scale, we just started walking upright yesterday. Not 200 generations past, it would be normal for someone to sacrifice their firstborn to stop a volcano from erupting. You're expectations are far to high for the likes of the average Neanderthal pilot. There's a reason our knuckes drag, and we have such heavy brow ridges.
If you want Utopia, don't read the forums, go watch Star Trek. Don't read the news either, cuz there will be tribal conflict in Africa, religeous problems until we "get it", murders, corporate greed, terrorism, angry unions, poverty, accidents caused by negligence, and sabotage, governments that lie, and pilots that backstab. None of this stuff is going away anytime soon.
Just go with it dude, lower your expectations a lot, and enjoy the read.
DP.