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His Reputation is expanding faster then the Universe...

He once had an awkward moment, just to see how it feels...

He lives vicariously through himself...

He is...our MEC and he does not always drink beer...but when he does, he drinks Dos Equis.

Stay thirsty my friends.
 
Little do you know, Seggy has put more on the line, and done more for his company and this industry than you could probably imagine.

What have you done lately? Besides just post on the internet, that is.
 
Seggy is a very ballsy individual and is tirelessly passionate about the cause of improving the situation for pilots across the industry. I am sure he would never have chosen the circumstances that occurred to put him in the position of spearheading this drive, however he has saddled up and is giving it hell.

I can honestly say, and anyone who knows him would agree, we are lucky to have him in this position. The best thing we can all do is support the process and hope that it will affect the change we all know is needed. Whichever way this chapter turns out, one can not argue that he didn't possess the courage to selflessly fight for all of us.
 
Hernandezcfi said:
His Reputation is expanding faster then the Universe...

He once had an awkward moment, just to see how it feels...

He lives vicariously through himself...

He is...our MEC and he does not always drink beer...but when he does, he drinks Dos Equis.

Stay thirsty my friends.
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LOL!! :D Man I see that commercial all the time.
 
jtrain609 said:
Little do you know, Seggy has put more on the line, and done more for his company and this industry than you could probably imagine.

What have you done lately? Besides just post on the internet, that is.
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Was that directed towards me?
 
Firebird2XC said:
AND THEY'RE AFRAID OF US.
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I am curious as to why you think that. From the outside looking in, I have always viewed management at the airlines as a 200 pound bully and the pilot group as an 80 pound kid with asthma and coke bottle glasses. Keep in mind, I have no 121 experience at all and I am not trying to be a jerk, I just have a hard time believing managment is really afraid of you guys.

Alex.
 
ATN_Pilot said:
I can't remember the last post he made that constructively contributed to any discussion. His posts are nothing but smart-ass comments and sarcasm.
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Pot. Kettle. Black. But I haven't ever bought a job, so I don't have any remorse/guilt to asuage with rabid unionism.
Obviously you haven't read many of my posts.
I'm sorry if people are offended that I posted in this thread (not really). But it's funny that a person goes to work for a dirt bag outfit like Colgan so they can upgrade quick and blast off for the majors, doesn't get hired and then realizes they're stuck so they go gung ho for better work rules/pay. Getting a union, yeah, that's great. The true evidence of having balls or not will be the outcome of the new contract.
Why weren't so many people so gung ho union when they first went to work at Colgan? Why did it take an economic slowdown to get one in?
 
BajtheJino said:
Pot. Kettle. Black. But I haven't ever bought a job, so I don't have any remorse/guilt to asuage with rabid unionism.
Obviously you haven't read many of my posts.
I'm sorry if people are offended that I posted in this thread (not really). But it's funny that a person goes to work for a dirt bag outfit like Colgan so they can upgrade quick and blast off for the majors, doesn't get hired and then realizes they're stuck so they go gung ho for better work rules/pay. Getting a union, yeah, that's great. The true evidence of having balls or not will be the outcome of the new contract.
Why weren't so many people so gung ho union when they first went to work at Colgan? Why did it take an economic slowdown to get one in?
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Some good points are actually made here. Nobody cared about improving conditions when Colgan was just a two year stop on the way to the big boys. As proven by the first union push being voted no. It begs the question shouldn't pay/qol always be important, even if you are only going to be at a place a short time?
 
mwflyer said:
Some good points are actually made here. Nobody cared about improving conditions when Colgan was just a two year stop on the way to the big boys. As proven by the first union push being voted no. It begs the question shouldn't pay/qol always be important, even if you are only going to be at a place a short time?
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The answer should be obvious.

Things were still somewhat "good" in the airline world when Colgan's first representational vote ended.

The writing was on the wall when the 2nd attempt began.

Perhaps it required a certain come to jesus'esque awakening to see that a lot of people may be sitting in the same seat for a while. Now that quick upgrade has disappeared. Now that 24.3k a year salary doesn't look that good, since I won't upgrade for who knows how long. Or at least I can imagine those were the thoughts going through a lot of people's minds over there.

But you're right, pay/qol should always be an important issue - no matter how little time one thinks they'll be in a seat or with a company.
 
I was talking with ASA's MEC Chair about this a few days ago. He made the point that 52% of DAL's flights are now flown by outsourced regional carriers. Do the math. Most pilots aren't going to make it to the "majors" anymore, at least not unless the mainline pilots make it a priority to reduce outsourcing in the future. If you're at a regional today, there's a decent chance that you'll always be there and will never see the cockpit of a mainline airplane. This is why the work of the FFD Task Force at ALPA is so important. We absolutely have to improve conditions at the regionals in order to elevate this profession. They are no longer just small commuter carriers that pilots spend a year or two at to get PIC time. They are now long-term career airlines, and they need to be treated as such.
 
ATN_Pilot said:
I was talking with ASA's MEC Chair about this a few days ago. He made the point that 52% of DAL's flights are now flown by outsourced regional carriers. Do the math. Most pilots aren't going to make it to the "majors" anymore, at least not unless the mainline pilots make it a priority to reduce outsourcing in the future. If you're at a regional today, there's a decent chance that you'll always be there and will never see the cockpit of a mainline airplane. This is why the work of the FFD Task Force at ALPA is so important. We absolutely have to improve conditions at the regionals in order to elevate this profession. They are no longer just small commuter carriers that pilots spend a year or two at to get PIC time. They are now long-term career airlines, and they need to be treated as such.
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Nominated for post of the year.
 
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