121 Outsourced Dispather

[HASBEEN]

Sounds as if you need a union.

 

[homerjdispatch]

Sounds as if you need a union.

No, I dont think that will help!

 

[405]

Sounds as if you need a union.

We just happen to have one. So far they've done... nothing BUT, a union is what the membership makes it. Right?

From this point forward I will refer to a "union" as an "onion" for obvious reasons.

Isn't that something???

 

[HASBEEN]

I thought the norm was that the dreams of enjoying an aviation career will be lost without one.

How is it possible for anyone to achieve their ultimate goals without self-interested outside representation?

 

[405]

I thought the norm was that the dreams of enjoying an aviation career will be lost without one.

You're kidding, right?

How is it possible for anyone to achieve their ultimate goals without self-interested outside representation?

Gee, I don't know. I know this will be difficult for some hardcore onion people to swallow but maybe a concerned workgroup can actually work with management without a third "self-interested" group and make improvements and set work rules themselves. I know it's a novel concept. Maybe, just maybe, 32 dispatchers could make this crazy idea work.

I still have no idea to this day why it was voted in. I never heard one good reason other than "we'll have work rules". Like I've been screaming for about a year now, we already had that.

 

[HASBEEN]

Maybe there was a concern about the enforcement of child labor laws.

 

[405]

I know this is another absolutely psychotic, unrealistic concept but if you didn't perform your job to set standards, you were either demoted or fired.

Imagine that?

 

[405]

Maybe there was a concern about the enforcement of child labor laws.

Or those pesky Communists...

 

[HASBEEN]

I know this is another absolutely psychotic, unrealistic concept but if you didn't perform your job to set standards, you were either demoted or fired.

Imagine that?

A demotion to Central Load Control?

 

[405]

A demotion to Central Load Control?

I think I've explained my opinion on this before. The dispatchers getting CLC was a kneejerk reaction by a group of "managers" with dollar signs for eyeballs. They could dump the job on us and not have to give us a raise and eliminate 8 to 10 full time positions from the budget. The dummies who voted for the onion are the idiots to thank for this extra work.

Quote from senior manager one day: "It's just autoclose, right?" Well, no, it's just a wee bit more involved than what you see on a sheet of paper, chief.

HASBEEN, who the hell are you anyway?