Tell congress NO on mergers

[lookin4better]

I know some may think this is a waste of time, but I say it never hurts to let them know how you feel about this issue.....maybe enough people making enough noise will get their attention in an election year....


This is a pretty easy link to git 'er dun if you want to take the time :


www.congress.org

 

[737lj]

Thanks for the link, but the sooner the consolidation happens, the sooner wages and benefits are returned to their full, upright, and locked position.

Hopefully.

 

[IXLR8]

Done.

 

[Hobiehawker]

Sorry. Consolidation is exactly what this industry needs. Thats the ugly truth.

 

[Uniform Shop]

Sorry. Consolidation is exactly what this industry needs. Thats the ugly truth.

Who do you work for?

 

[Phrogs4ever]

$100 pbl oil, virtually no retirements for the next five years, and "industry consolidation" on the horizon. What a s**t storm this is turning out to be. Too bad we can't "furlough" off the top of the seniority list down to age 59, then off the bottom of the list. Hmmm.

 

[Tejas-Jet]

I too am in favor of consolidation. Seems that always brings a lowering of the customer service standards due to the upheaval associated with seniority issues and hub/base realignments/closings.

All this benefits those other carriers that don't consolidate.

 

[Jetjockey]

Should we email the same congressman we said No to age 65 to?

 

[luckytohaveajob]

Too bad we can't "furlough" off the top of the seniority list down to age 59, then off the bottom of the list. Hmmm.

The top of list will leave when they get slammed on the integration or face the possibility of losing their lump sump options.

Screw the Baby Boomers. I hope they all out live their money and die broke.

 

[Superpilot92]

Should we email the same congressman we said No to age 65 to?

Yeah no kidding, i just got responses from my congressman from when i emailed months ago. I never got a response though after i questioned how they said age 60 was age discrimination but 65 wasnt? WTF Of course political junkies know whats best for the airline industry, how dare i question them.

 

[SteelerMan]

Well if the majority of alpa members are against consolidation, then alpa will definately support it, right???

 

[lowecur]

Oil will probably continue to drop as demand weakens. Still, even if oil drops $20-$30 (I hope the gov't is smart enough to drop a .50 add'l gas tax if that happens to rebuild the highways/bridges).....the state of the economy should be enough to send airline revenue into the toilet. Oil prices could artificially remain high if the dollar continues to weaken and exporting countries support our debt with bond purchases.

It's amazing how much this present administration and the Fed fear a recession. Years ago, a recession was just part of the cycle. The way they are scrambling to prop this economy up, they must see more in their crystal ball than just a recession.

What will be interesting is whether all these countries that continue to buy our debt will bail at some point if interest rates and the dollar continue to fall. Nah, China and India are addicted to the US buying power to grow their economies and will stick it out. Of course, maybe there is a larger plan in place where all the oil exporters and China bring the US to it's knees without ever firing a shot.

Naaaahhhh!

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[Tejas-Jet]

Should we email the same congressman we said No to age 65 to?

Yes...only this time instead of emotion, use facts in your contacts

 

[Jetjockey]

Yes...only this time instead of emotion, use facts in your contacts

How would you know what I wrote? Are you speaking of your method that you used to write your congressman?

 

[jke406]

I know some may think this is a waste of time, but I say it never hurts to let them know how you feel about this issue.....maybe enough people making enough noise will get their attention in an election year....


This is a pretty easy link to git 'er dun if you want to take the time :


www.congress.org

Opposition to mergers at this stage is very short-sighted. That ship has sailed.

Thinking we can put this genie back in the bottle is naive and counterproductive.

Let's just prepare to do what we need to in order to get our pay/benefits/QOL back (and then some)!