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vtech

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Hey, tell me what thoughts go through your head when you taxi past that monument to ALPA success at KCVG depicted on the 10-9 as "Terminal C?" Remember how busy that used to be? Remember all those RJ's parked there and the constant movement of planes, passengers, bags, equipment, busses to and from the main terminal? Today, Terminal C is closed. No planes, no passengers, no bags, no equipment. The busses are still there. Just parked out front of the terminal. The bus drivers and all the employees who worked in the terminal aren't there, though. Their jobs are gone, too.

So what lessons do you take away from Comair ALPA's 89 day strike and the aftermath over the last nine years or so? Pretty powerful and protective stuff, those ALPA regional unions, wouldn't you agree? They protect jobs, benefits, everything. And the vocal minority over at SkyWest who are whining, bitching and moaning about losses they've had while their pilot group has pretty much trippled in size over the same period of time want to start another union drive. Yep, that'll solve everthing. Let's get ALPA onboard over there. Great idea. Just taxi past Terminal C at KCVG and see the glory.

Nevermind. I'm probably just being narrow minded or exposing my ignorance.
 
Don't blame the union.....

Hey, tell me what thoughts go through your head when you taxi past that monument to ALPA success at KCVG depicted on the 10-9 as "Terminal C?" Remember how busy that used to be? Remember all those RJ's parked there and the constant movement of planes, passengers, bags, equipment, busses to and from the main terminal? Today, Terminal C is closed. No planes, no passengers, no bags, no equipment. The busses are still there. Just parked out front of the terminal. The bus drivers and all the employees who worked in the terminal aren't there, though. Their jobs are gone, too.

So what lessons do you take away from Comair ALPA's 89 day strike and the aftermath over the last nine years or so? Pretty powerful and protective stuff, those ALPA regional unions, wouldn't you agree? They protect jobs, benefits, everything. And the vocal minority over at SkyWest who are whining, bitching and moaning about losses they've had while their pilot group has pretty much trippled in size over the same period of time want to start another union drive. Yep, that'll solve everthing. Let's get ALPA onboard over there. Great idea. Just taxi past Terminal C at KCVG and see the glory.

Nevermind. I'm probably just being narrow minded or exposing my ignorance.

Really, how can that be at ALPA's fault? If KCVG were a profitable hub, there would be everything in operation, they may have just switched to the newest RAH ofshoot regional offering even lower wages. The reason the flying is gone is because it is not profitable in this economy / oil price configuration.
Comparing what made sense in the late 90's with $30 / barrel oil and a relatively stable growing economy does not make sense in this worldwide recession with $80 / barrel oil.
Look back at many minicities, cvg, pit, las, etc that have had much bigger operations in the past only to succomb the economy.
 
Hey, tell me what thoughts go through your head when you taxi past that monument to ALPA success at KCVG depicted on the 10-9 as "Terminal C?" Remember how busy that used to be? Remember all those RJ's parked there and the constant movement of planes, passengers, bags, equipment, busses to and from the main terminal? Today, Terminal C is closed. No planes, no passengers, no bags, no equipment. The busses are still there. Just parked out front of the terminal. The bus drivers and all the employees who worked in the terminal aren't there, though. Their jobs are gone, too.

So what lessons do you take away from Comair ALPA's 89 day strike and the aftermath over the last nine years or so? Pretty powerful and protective stuff, those ALPA regional unions, wouldn't you agree? They protect jobs, benefits, everything. And the vocal minority over at SkyWest who are whining, bitching and moaning about losses they've had while their pilot group has pretty much trippled in size over the same period of time want to start another union drive. Yep, that'll solve everthing. Let's get ALPA onboard over there. Great idea. Just taxi past Terminal C at KCVG and see the glory.

Nevermind. I'm probably just being narrow minded or exposing my ignorance.

Are you really that stupid?
 
Hey, tell me what thoughts go through your head when you taxi past <BS DELETED> "Terminal C?"

Cost of deregulation, management incompetence, whipsawing pilot groups, airline mergers which cost jobs just to name a few.

How come you see everything with an anti-union slant? Are you in management?
 
Is this thread from three years ago?

How long have the C terminal been closed?

A few years, but the Union vote at Skywest is active now and management is worried. They screwed their pilots on PBS and now the ACA pilots are about to kick their PBS LOA back at them. When SKYW sweetens the pot and gives the ACA ALPA pilots a better deal, it will piss off the SKYW pilots and make them rethink joining a union. Threads like this are designed to intimidate pilots into believing "Unionism Bad, Management Good."

We didn't think a pilot board would only have pilots on it, did we?
 
Hell, even I hate ALPA and admitt that ALPO had nothing to do with it. You can thank the BJ's down in ATL.
 
A few years, but the Union vote at Skywest is active now and management is worried. They screwed their pilots on PBS and now the ACA pilots are about to kick their PBS LOA back at them. When SKYW sweetens the pot and gives the ACA ALPA pilots a better deal, it will piss off the SKYW pilots and make them rethink joining a union. Threads like this are designed to intimidate pilots into believing "Unionism Bad, Management Good."

We didn't think a pilot board would only have pilots on it, did we?

Does any of this make any sense to anyone here?
 

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