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24 March 2007
FROM: IAH ALPA Local Council 171 Leadership Team
TO: Mr. Larry Kellner, CEO, Continental Airlines
RE: Daily News Update on March 23rd, 2007
Dear Mr. Kellner:
On behalf of the pilots of ALPA Local Council 171-IAH, we would like to express our extreme displeasure with the Daily News Update published on February 23rd, 2007. We would like to remind you that in addition to the SOCC and scheduling employees, the pilots and flight attendants of our airline were also involved in the recovery of our service after the EWR meltdown, a fact that was omitted from the DNU.
We consider this omission of thanks to the pilots and flight attendants indicative of Continental management’s perception of “Working Together”. We want to remind you that the recovery job accomplished by SOCC and scheduling was accomplished on the backs and at the expense of the most productive pilots and flight attendants in the industry. SOCC and scheduling took another bite out of the “goodwill” of the pilots as they abandoned flight crews across the system, provided little or no support to those crew members, and tossed the Collective Bargaining Agreement out the window while conducting their “great” system recovery. Perhaps in the future, you will remember the service of the crew members who actually shouldered the burden of the recovery in the DNU.
Sincerely yours,
ALPA LC171 Officers,
Wayde Beckman, Captain Representative
Mark Bolleter, First Officer Representative
Chris Urquieta, Secretary/Treasurer
FROM: IAH ALPA Local Council 171 Leadership Team
TO: Mr. Larry Kellner, CEO, Continental Airlines
RE: Daily News Update on March 23rd, 2007
Dear Mr. Kellner:
On behalf of the pilots of ALPA Local Council 171-IAH, we would like to express our extreme displeasure with the Daily News Update published on February 23rd, 2007. We would like to remind you that in addition to the SOCC and scheduling employees, the pilots and flight attendants of our airline were also involved in the recovery of our service after the EWR meltdown, a fact that was omitted from the DNU.
We consider this omission of thanks to the pilots and flight attendants indicative of Continental management’s perception of “Working Together”. We want to remind you that the recovery job accomplished by SOCC and scheduling was accomplished on the backs and at the expense of the most productive pilots and flight attendants in the industry. SOCC and scheduling took another bite out of the “goodwill” of the pilots as they abandoned flight crews across the system, provided little or no support to those crew members, and tossed the Collective Bargaining Agreement out the window while conducting their “great” system recovery. Perhaps in the future, you will remember the service of the crew members who actually shouldered the burden of the recovery in the DNU.
Sincerely yours,
ALPA LC171 Officers,
Wayde Beckman, Captain Representative
Mark Bolleter, First Officer Representative
Chris Urquieta, Secretary/Treasurer
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