Back and forth on an anonymous forum means NOTHING.
Starter Crew, whatever you employment capacity do enjoy your next tour of the Boeing factory and the multi-million dollar engines (“they are things of beauty”); while the cabin staff labor for next to nothing.
Industry wages qualifying for public assistance and making that case public is the issue. Not her politics.
I usually skip the CC forum, but like you the termination of a Flight Attendant caught my eye. I work with Cabin Crew daily. Most of them are outstanding! I rely on them to be my eyes and ears behind the locked and reinforced door. Over the decades I have learned to trust their opinions. They work extremely hard under sometimes difficult circumstances and carry on quite well under most conditions jammed in an aluminum tube 10,000 meters above the ground. I would not last a month doing their job. I can’t stand to see Cabin Crew trashed, insulted, marginalized, humiliated, paid poorly or have cheap shots taken at them. I support their collective efforts to improve T&Cs.
In my post I did not accuse you of anything. I amplified and did to you, by design, exactly what you did to the flight attendant. I used vague generalizations, open ended questions, possible suggestions and the word “may”. In doing so I planted an unflattering suggestion of your possible motivation and character. You didn’t like it did you? In my opinion, that is precisely what you post did to the flight attendant under discussion.
I am moving on from this thread, it doesn’t matter to me who has the last word. I work with these people, not you (apparently from your 25 +/- posts I have looked at).
A happy flight crew is a good and safe crew; making enough money to stay off public assistance isn’t asking too much (to me). If you care to continue the "discussion" then the PM (private message) route is open to you. Feel free, fire away. I am done with this thread.
Another good feature of PPruNe is the “ignore” option, you have the wonderful ability to place anybody you want on your ignore list. None of what they write will show up to you.
Until Cabin Crew proves otherwise, they have my support on the line. I will defend their efforts to improve their lot in life.
I hope you never end up in the unemployment line, or on public assistance and get to walk away from this industry (or however you pay the bills) with your piece of the pie (just leave some for others)- take care.
Northbeach.
Last edited by Northbeach; 19th September 2010 at 03:30.