Midwest Furloughs

[crashpad]

http://www.wisn.com/news/19998628/detail.html

 

[Tarzan]

Republic: We are Borg. Resistance is futile.

 

[crashpad]

Republic: We are Borg. Resistance is futile.

This isn't a very good analogy. The Borg "assimilated those that they took over. The Borg did not waste the valuable life forms encountered. The Borg did not kick people to the curb. The Borg did not hire unskilled, inexperienced Borgs to run The Mother Ship.

Really...you're analogy is an insult to anything related to Star Trek.

 

[crashpad]

Seriously...a lot of experienced, good people are out of a job because of Republic Management and every Republic Employees who support and enable these job actions by simply showing their face at work.

 

[Fly4hire]

Republic: We are Borg. Resistance is futile.

You will be destroyed and many pilots will dance a jig and piss on your grave.

 

[ABC123]

Crashpad...WRONG being a CHQ employee, I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS! Period no discussion

 

[erikgigem]

Seriously...a lot of experienced, good people are out of a job because of Republic Management and every Republic Employees who support and enable these job actions by simply showing their face at work.

• Bank loans company money to operate.
• Company goes out of business because of failure of business plan.
• Bank owns assets.

Don't get mad at the employees of the bank. (We had nothing to do with the lending or the failure of said company's business plan.)
Get mad at the CEO of the company that couldn't sell his product and service. Period.

 

[LearLove]

the problem with the article is that it mentions the furloughs but fails to say that the lost jobs are being replaced with cheaper/less exp. labor flying the same routes ala Republic (no diff. than a manufacturing job going to chinola or mexico). If this were addressed the general public reading this article would have a better understanding of the Midwest pilot/employee struggle.

 

[joeyfly55]

seriously...a lot of experienced, good people are out of a job because of republic management and every republic employees who support and enable these job actions by simply showing their face at work.

+1!!!!!

 

[relief tube]

yup, there should be an article about how pilots that have been with the co. for 10-15 plus years are being offed so a bunch of 20 year olds who've been there less than 4.

crashpad, you point the finger at the wrong group. Half the fella's at repub probably hate this crap.

point it at the recession

point it at the competition thats going in there with their $39 fares to cut midwest's head off

point it at the fact that midwest was too weak of an airline to survive all this anyway. name one all business-class type airline thats still even around or doing well right now?

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

How many Midex pilots will be left after the furlough? Save the Cookie!!

 

[crashpad]

yup, there should be an article about how pilots that have been with the co. for 10-15 plus years are being offed so a bunch of 20 year olds who've been there less than 4.

crashpad, you point the finger at the wrong group. Half the fella's at repub probably hate this crap.

point it at the recession

point it at the competition thats going in there with their $39 fares to cut midwest's head off

point it at the fact that midwest was too weak of an airline to survive all this anyway. name one all business-class type airline thats still even around or doing well right now?

True statements spoken with sound rationalle. Emotions run high when something like this hits close to home.

 

[Minimaniac]

the problem with the article is that it mentions the furloughs but fails to say that the lost jobs are being replaced with cheaper/less exp. labor flying the same routes ala Republic (no diff. than a manufacturing job going to chinola or mexico). If this were addressed the general public reading this article would have a better understanding of the Midwest pilot/employee struggle.

At least if it was phrased that way, people would focus their hate at the right group. When manufacturing jobs are shipped overseas, the unemployed workers and the general public fault the company that farmed out the work. No one seems to ask why Midwest was unable to afford to keep its 717's, or why Midwest could not afford to replace its fleet and keep its own people employed. But, it's always easier to hate the little guys, isn't it? Just as if daddy punched you in the face on the way to school, instead of fighting back at him, you go and punch some smaller kid when you get to school to make yourself feel better.

 

[WayBack]

What do you expect when you have a pilot group willing to fly a mainline airplane for sub regional wages? They're scum bags!

You don't support it? Call in sick.

 

[erikgigem]

What do you expect when you have a pilot group willing to fly a mainline airplane for sub regional wages? They're scum bags!

You don't support it? Call in sick.

Your sad attempts to influence RAH is pitiful. The pilot group will continue to do what it does best. Fly safe, fly ontime, and be competitive with other regionals in the metrics that are clearly reported and known by all on DOT's website. Changes in quality of life, payrates, and other critical important issues are handled through our union. And that takes an extremely long period of time. Can you name one instance where pilots called in sick changed the CEO's mind about the direction of the company? I'm listening.

Why don't you fix your own company before throwing stones at others. The only one who can influence RAH is the investors. If it is that important and a heartache for you - then invest a few of your millions in the company and get a seat on the Board of Directors.