C'mon now,
You guys knew that there would be tendency for management to try to take the cheapest possible route...
That's why it's so important for there to be some kind of common agreement across the board. If we can't agree to take each others' backs--management will just keep playing "grab ankles, guess who" with you until something tragic forces them to do otherwise.
I respect the difference between us professionally (I'm a mechanic and will probably never refer to myself as anything other than an A&P no matter how many ratings I earn) but I still think it's important for all of us to hold the line together. No disrespect intended, but the mad rush to delineate between this many ratings versus that many years is part of the problem.
We have an opportunity here to establish a more respectful and lucrative relationship with management worlwide...if only we could stop cutting each other's throats long enough to get after it.
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The diva with many talents.