Anyone been to an XJT roadshow yet?

[JustaNumber]

Just wondering if anyone has been to one yet, with any reports. How are they trying to sell this thing? Do they claim some kind of inside info that we're getting wound down if/when we say no?

 

[Clutch]

Same stuff from the emails. "State of the industry, blah, blah, blah"

"Vote no and NMB will park us for 3 years". They claim they're not selling it but it's just the best they could do.. Of course, none of them but one really has any negotiating experience so they lost before they even showed up to fight Ford and Harrison.

They looked so deflated up there. Ed got his ass handed to him and the ERJ jnc guys are complete pricks

 

[goahead]

Good park us for 3 years!!!

 

[JustaNumber]

Did they say why parking us for three years would be a bad thing? As in, they have some inside info that that will mean the end of XJT?

Because that's what this thing boils down to.

 

[slick1]

I don't have a dog in this fight, but isn't being parked for 3 years BETTER than concessions?

 

[Clutch]

Did they say why parking us for three years would be a bad thing? As in, they have some inside info that that will mean the end of XJT?

Because that's what this thing boils down to.

They showed a bunch of fancy graphs detailing the aircraft losses by each year. 2016 is where both sides start losing a lot of planes.

 

[slick1]

They showed a bunch of fancy graphs detailing the aircraft losses by each year. 2016 is where both sides start losing a lot of planes.

My questions then becomes: won't attrition exceed the loss of airplanes? And, given the expected movement,....isn't it better for all pilots if regionals shrink?

 

[Clutch]

My questions then becomes: won't attrition exceed the loss of airplanes? And, given the expected movement,....isn't it better for all pilots if regionals shrink?

Not all. Not anyone on the JNC. Not the company. Not the lifers. Not brad. But you and me? Yeah.

I think their argument would be, and was per one if the erj jnc dicks, is that if expressjet doesn't fly it Gojets will.

 

[Oakum_Boy]

I don't have a dog in this fight, but isn't being parked for 3 years BETTER than concessions?

At least Inc. will know what our costs will be. No excuse not to bid on some of that fancy new flyin'!

C'mon Brad, go get 'em!

 

[Mickey Mouse]

I don't have a dog in this fight, but isn't being parked for 3 years BETTER than concessions?

Correct

 

[jetstream]

The five year term is what really bothers me. I might be ok with two years but definitely not five. When you add in the next negotiations, we could easily be locked into this thing for 10 years.

Things are changing too fast for us to make that kind of commitment.

 

[Clutch]

The five year term is what really bothers me. I might be ok with two years but definitely not five. When you add in the next negotiations, we could easily be locked into this thing for 10 years.

Things are changing too fast for us to make that kind of commitment.

Our negotiators were in WAY over their heads. We all thought Ed "the head" would fight but he bought all the BS from the company and F&H.

Their argument against anything less that 5 years is the industry will get worse or "they just don't know" where the industry will be.

In summation, they took the easiest way out of negotiating, which to them had become a war of attrition that F&H won.

 

[Mickey Mouse]

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[Mickey Mouse]

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[Mickey Mouse]

Dave takes your money and your work rules.

 

[Clutch]

David Pincus is the Director of Labor Relations Research for F&H Solutions Group.
Dave assists and advises clients in different industries on their labor relations and personnel policies, with a primary focus on contract analysis and interpretation. In particular, he performs labor relations-related services for the management of numerous major, national, regional, charter, cargo and international airlines.
Dave reviews and analyzes hundreds of collective bargaining agreements to prepare comparative studies and advise clients on the competitiveness of contract proposal terms. He also analyzes market characteristics to identify a client?s comparable competitors. In addition, he prepares customized graphics and reports for negotiations, arbitrations, presentations, internal meetings and legal proceedings.
He costs out union and management contract proposals and conducts comparative studies of other companies? labor agreements, focusing on pay, work rules and benefit plans. Moreover, he determines the cost advantages and disadvantages of using provisions of a competitor?s collective bargaining agreement in place of a client?s current collective bargaining agreement or policies. Dave also serves as an expert witness on labor relations and collective bargaining agreement matters.

Versus Ed Fortaw and Dan Utley.

Dan and Ed have been flying regional aircraft for 20 plus years. They have been in the regional industry their entire careers and captains and line holders nearly all of that time. Because of impeccable positioning and just plain ole fking luck, Dan and Ed have never worried about their QOL or job retention. When Dan and Ed aren't flying RJ's, they're busy studying negotiating tactics on wikipedia.

 

[Freebrd]

The five year term is what really bothers me.

Things are changing too fast for us to make that kind of commitment.

Bingo! And lousy 1 1/2 % raise every 18 months, and no raise on the big RJs unless we get more? WTF does that have to do with it! Hope someone at the Brad & Charly Show asked about why is a 60%+ raise (to 1.3 mil) ok for him but not even peanuts for us lowly pilots. :angryfire

 

[Freebrd]

Versus Ed Fortaw and Dan Utley.

Dan and Ed have been flying regional aircraft for 20 plus years. They have been in the regional industry their entire careers and captains and line holders nearly all of that time. Because of impeccable positioning and just plain ole fking luck, Dan and Ed have never worried about their QOL or job retention. When Dan and Ed aren't flying RJ's, they're busy studying negotiating tactics on wikipedia.

Utley just a union leach for the bucks, Ed I'm greatly disappointed in but then again, Newie is the biggest problem. TERM LIMITS!

 

[Clutch]

Utley just a union leach for the bucks, Ed I'm greatly disappointed in but then again, Newie is the biggest problem. TERM LIMITS!

How are you disappointed in someone who has nothing but giving FO's sht listed as negotiating experience?

The deer in headlights glare was simply worth going to the road show when Ed was raked for the obvious leniency towards nap duty rigs. He actually pretended that he never considered that it would affect him personally.

 

[Mickey Mouse]

How are you disappointed in someone who has nothing but giving FO's sht listed as negotiating experience?

The deer in headlights glare was simply worth going to the road show when Ed was raked for the obvious leniency towards nap duty rigs. He actually pretended that he never considered that it would affect him personally.

Clutch, your candid and honest transcription of these events is sincerely appreciated. Many of us honestly do not have an opportunity to attend these events or interpret the inner workings of our MEC; due to scheduling, family, or proximity constraints.