# The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499 "2011-10-23T02:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6851
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/6851 "2024-10-24T21:46:40Z")
There was a thread a couple few weeks ago by **Racer72** who is a retired Boeing factory worker. > [@Open letter to striking Boeing employees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-letter-to-striking-boeing-employees/1007714): > > The other day I left a post on a forum started by a striking Boeing employee. I must has struck a cord that twisted their panties into a really tight bunch. I have been banned from the forum. Some others started some hate threads towards me and some threats to me and my family were made. I contacted the police, they took the threats seriously and forum was taken down. As a now retired 40 year employee and union member that went through 6 strikes, I think I have a little knowledge of what is happ… In it he says a radical faction has taken over the rank & files’ imagination and they want nothing less than rolling the clock back to the 1970s. Full pensions, fully paid health care for life, guaranteed no furloughs forever, etc. And COLA+ pay raises forever. Ain’t gonna happen. I have been a union leader through a similar case. Not easy. When ~half your membership buys into a suicide pact, it’s gonna get bad. The parallels to MAGA in current US politics are obvious and very real. What tbey want can’t possibly be delivered. The attempt will wreck a lot of stuff for a lot of people. He caught a lot of shit from Dopers who have zero union experience as member or leader. I supported him throughout. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499)._