In fairness, and to avoid side-tracking the "
It`s time to liquidate Ansett" thread, I thought that THIS subject warranted its own space! <img src="mad.gif" border="0">
Words fail me sometimes - but not this time!
Those greedy, self-centred, scab b*#t*#ds who screwed the Australian domestic airline pilots more than 12 years ago, have yet AGAIN driven the sword through the careers of the majority of the CURRENT Ansett pilot group, for their own
selfish gains. . .Using APA as the vehicle, and by ensuring that THEY held
key positions, they quickly seized ("made the greedy grab" is a phrase that once again re-surfaces) the relatively few jobs on offer, albeit that many of them were not current or qualified on type. . .A scabs` union, run BY scabs, for scabs, but financially subsidised by innocent victims who expected FAIR REPRESENTATION during such times as have evolved over the past 5 months.
A letter published by
Nice One on the "Liquidate Ansett" thread is again reproduced below for those who haven`t read it - a letter that contains all the ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS required to qualify one for the position of hero - in particular, this sentence from the 6th paragraph typifies this "man's" supreme, selfish disregard of his peers - "
If you honsetly put your own asspirations in front of my and my families right to live in our homeland, I consider you utterly selfish.". Read the letter in toto, and decide for yourselves:. . [quote]
Gentlemen. .I am writtimg this from Miyazaki in southern Japan. I have a three year contract with a startup airline. We are optimistic, the company is treating us well, and we have high hopes for a bright future. We are, of course, faced with the uncertainties of life as contract crew .
I have not seen my wife and kids for three weeks and will not for another four. When I do it will be when they arrive in a foreign country where they do not speak the languade. My four-year-old will be faced with attending a pre-school where no-one will understand him or be understood by him. I`m sure he`ll adjust, but as a father it is heartwrenching to know you are putting your children through a difficult transition.
After the Ansett collapse my carreer choices came down to this or joining Qantas as a second officer. If I had taken the latter I MAY have seen a command again some time in my 50s. It was a VERY tough choice, but I made it and am living with it.
I did not ask Ansett to collapse. I did not ask to be made redundant. I didn`t want the money, I wanted a carreer in my homeland and would have gladly traded.
I agree that the first officers DESERVE a carreer path. Many are well over-due for a command. But a huge tragedy beyond the control of any of us has had a devestating effect on ALL of us.
I take the suggestion that it is more just for an FO to get a seat change in the new company than it is for me to get my JOB back with disbelief and repugnence. If you honsetly put your own asspirations in front of my and my families right to live in our homeland, I consider you utterly selfish.
I challenge any of you to e-mail me directly, with your real name, and explain why I should never be considered for the new Ansett.<hr></blockquote>
If the author of the above wishes to contact me, I`d be only TOO happy to tell him WHY he should NOT be considered for the new Ansett, under the terms he has scribed. He can call me direct on 09098806522.
Out of curiosity I wonder how many pre-Sept 13 non-scab, `hero-supporters` have had a change of mind, having seen our "
I did it for my family" types, ONCE AGAIN screw the masses for their own reward?