J_Earnie

And because he “talked tough” about sticking it to management, a majority of “professional” airline pilots at United Airlines voted this genius into their highest union office to represent them.

Some brilliant judgement there.

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Chris_M

Unfortunately there’s a segment of the pilot population who thinks like he does but are smart enough to keep their mouths shut.

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gliders

There is a segment of every population who think like he does who may use different parameters for discrimination but are equally or even more exclusionary and intolerant.

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menzelw

Correct. Maybe racism and sexism are not systemic in the U.S., but they sure seem to be broadly inherent

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Raf

You are correct!

crossingthesky

In response to the first comment by Jack E. on Dec 29, that is a false and ignorant statement. United Pilots do not directly elect their Union Chairman. The MEC Chairman is elected by the Master Council and members of each Local Council from each pilot domicile. I believe the vote total which elected him was 9 in favor, 8 against, with two votes unable to be counted. Pilots are represented by their corresponding Captain or First Officer representatives in their domicile. It is similar to a Senator representing constituents.