Aircraft. You ever noticed that you seem to have to explain yourself, and the points you (think) you are making one hell of a lot?

I have never seen so many statements like :
.... and not just on this thread!

I understood it perfectly, read the next line you intellectual giant.:yuk:

I understood your statement, though that doesn't mean I agree with it!

Lieing???
 

Aircraft, it appears that you consider lieing to the public is OK.
How then, can we take any of your posts seriously. You may be lieing.

bushy,

In politics, it is perfectly acceptable to lie to the public - at least this is the view from the side that is doing the lying. From the public's side, it is nothing like acceptable to be lied to.

I'm sure you've heard the expression "all's fair in love and war". You could make that "all's fair in love, war and politics" as, for each of these, the end justifies the means - how you get there doesn't matter, as long as you get there.

aircraft, you're such an intellectual little twerp, you make me want to :yuk::yuk::yuk:

the afap like any union or federation is only a reflection of the people it represents. if you truly believe the afap are weak and without balls well then have a look at yourself. i would be very interested to see how many of the people squealing the loudest have ever payed a penny to the afap, some don't even appear to know how much it costs. and then there are those that join after they have been shafted and probably quit soon after they get their payout. the last company i was at there were 4 afap members out of around 26 pilots and you wonder why things never get better.

The South Australian State Branch of AFAP had a meeting at 6pm last night. (Tuesday 13th November.) To the best of my knowlege, all SA AFAP members were notified well in advance of the meeting, although I know of one member who apparently was not.

Four Pilots showed up, and there were three apologies.:ugh

I refer all Ppruners to post number 25 by Chimbu Chuckles.:ok:

flylittlebirdie's post above is also relevent.

I was hoping somebody would clarify for me just how it was that the statement from REX about pilots "calling in sick" was some kind of slur on the pilots (requiring defending by the AFAP).

Please can somebody enlighten me. I just can't see it.

Taking a sickie is the great Australian past time. "Calling in sick" to many people implies a sickie. Whether or not this was intentional is an unknown but it was, at the very least, careless. The use of the phrase "taken sick" would have avoided the implication.