Does anybody on this thread / website who freely uses the word SCAB actually know what it means ?
The Oxford Dictionary states that a SCAB is a BLACKLEG ( in regard to trade-Unionism ) and that a BLACKLEG is ' a workman who works for an employer whose men are on strike'.
In aviation ( eg the Australian 'dispute' in 1989 ) it means a pilot who basically defies his own colleagues / union and crosses the picket line and returns to work .
I fail to see how prospective pilots for OS , who are obviously not part of any union as yet , can be labelled as SCABS .
Get your facts staright please.
ps I have no interest in the outcome of this 'dispute' , but I dislike the use of derogatory terms in our ' gentlemens ' profession by Neanderthals.