simba
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About the MCC & the 1 month rotations, I heard the same rumor. Not quite sure that it's true because they haven't posted any mx job openings on the website for MCC.
I believe MCC is next on the chopping block. It was said in a departmental quarterly meeting, at the flag pole, that FLTO wants to control the fixed cost of mx and that the variable costs associated with outsourcing mx are much cheaper and easier to manage. Management indicated that outsourcing is the way the company is heading (ie. close FLTO out stations - shrink the mx dept to meet the shrinking of the fleet).
The only way to combat the safety and quality issues that outsourcing cause is for the mx dept to organize like the pilots.
Shortly after they closed APA and then stuck it to us with the benifits there was a very strong reaction in the mx ranks. A few contacted the IBT and it looked like the mechanics would follow in the footsteps of the pilots. I'm sorry to report that the momentum has died off. The IBT has not contacted the few that were willing to shoulder the burdens of organizing and the few continue to knock on the IBT's door.
Lately it seems that some of the mechanics have decided that bad benifits are better than no benifits, and some have said that they think the company will turn around and "show some love" when they start showing a profit. How do those that are dedicated to the organization of the mx dept combat the willingness of people to stick their heads in the sand and hope that the problems go away?
Management has mentioned that they want to open a base in LAS. But last year they said that they wanted to open YNG as a foul weather substitute for CGF and that didn't happen. As for me, I will continue as I always have: believing only half of what I see and nothing that I hear.
I believe MCC is next on the chopping block. It was said in a departmental quarterly meeting, at the flag pole, that FLTO wants to control the fixed cost of mx and that the variable costs associated with outsourcing mx are much cheaper and easier to manage. Management indicated that outsourcing is the way the company is heading (ie. close FLTO out stations - shrink the mx dept to meet the shrinking of the fleet).
The only way to combat the safety and quality issues that outsourcing cause is for the mx dept to organize like the pilots.
Shortly after they closed APA and then stuck it to us with the benifits there was a very strong reaction in the mx ranks. A few contacted the IBT and it looked like the mechanics would follow in the footsteps of the pilots. I'm sorry to report that the momentum has died off. The IBT has not contacted the few that were willing to shoulder the burdens of organizing and the few continue to knock on the IBT's door.
Lately it seems that some of the mechanics have decided that bad benifits are better than no benifits, and some have said that they think the company will turn around and "show some love" when they start showing a profit. How do those that are dedicated to the organization of the mx dept combat the willingness of people to stick their heads in the sand and hope that the problems go away?
Management has mentioned that they want to open a base in LAS. But last year they said that they wanted to open YNG as a foul weather substitute for CGF and that didn't happen. As for me, I will continue as I always have: believing only half of what I see and nothing that I hear.
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