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Vinny

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[FONT=&quot]On Friday April 15 in Bangkok the Thai festival of Songkran http://www.bangkok.com/information-festivals/songkran.htm# was winding down, while in Cleveland Ricci[FONT=&quot]'[/FONT]s henchmen were calling 40 recently recalled pilots to furlough them again and turn their lives upside down. But amid the revelry and street parties that shut Thailand down each year, Ricci was unconcerned. After all, he was in the midst of a worldwide tour in his new Gulfstream V and Bangkok[FONT=&quot]'[/FONT]s ubiquitous Ladyboys were eager to entertain him. He had only brought these pilots back from furlough as part of an effort to reduce the pool of eligible yes votes in the recent representation election and with peak travel over for the year he no longer needed them. When Ricci doesn[FONT=&quot]'[/FONT]t need something anymore he rids himself of it. Pish Posh![/FONT][FONT=&quot]
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[FONT=&quot]Besides, he had set it up so the union would take the blame. But, so far from home and with the Ladyboys distracting him, he could hardly be aware of the events that were unfurling 8600 miles away in Cleveland. You see his MO was getting stale and the pilots were on to him. When faced with a problem, in what had become an increasingly obvious pattern, he would deliver an ultimatum to the union and he would make it something he knew they would reject. In the case of the Hawker displacement it was pay protection for junior pilots, during the abortive CitationAir acquisition it was violating McCaskill/Bond, now it was a unilaterally structured voluntarily separation agreement. He knew, going in, the union would insist on negotiating with him and reject his ultimatum. So on Friday, as instructed, his accomplices let it slip as they made their calls, [FONT=&quot]"[/FONT]We don[FONT=&quot]'[/FONT]t have to furlough at Flex, because they have a voluntarily separation agreement.[FONT=&quot]"[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot]
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[FONT=&quot]It would have been brilliant if we hadn[FONT=&quot]'[/FONT]t seen it all before.[/FONT]
 
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It would not ever have been brilliant. It would have been, it is and ever shall be, soulless.
 
Vinny said:
[FONT=&quot]On Friday April 15 in Bangkok the Thai festival of Songkran http://www.bangkok.com/information-festivals/songkran.htm# was winding down, while in Cleveland Ricci[FONT=&quot]'[/FONT]s henchmen were calling 40 recently recalled pilots to furlough them again and turn their lives upside down. But amid the revelry and street parties that shut Thailand down each year, Ricci was unconcerned. After all, he was in the midst of a worldwide tour in his new Gulfstream V and Bangkok[FONT=&quot]'[/FONT]s ubiquitous Ladyboys were eager to entertain him. He had only brought these pilots back from furlough as part of an effort to reduce the pool of eligible yes votes in the recent representation election and with peak travel over for the year he no longer needed them. When Ricci doesn[FONT=&quot]'[/FONT]t need something anymore he rids himself of it. Pish Posh![/FONT][FONT=&quot]
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[FONT=&quot]Besides, he had set it up so the union would take the blame. But, so far from home and with the Ladyboys distracting him, he could hardly be aware of the events that were unfurling 8600 miles away in Cleveland. You see his MO was getting stale and the pilots were on to him. When faced with a problem, in what had become an increasingly obvious pattern, he would deliver an ultimatum to the union and he would make it something he knew they would reject. In the case of the Hawker displacement it was pay protection for junior pilots, during the abortive CitationAir acquisition it was violating McCaskill/Bond, now it was a unilaterally structured voluntarily separation agreement. He knew, going in, the union would insist on negotiating with him and reject his ultimatum. So on Friday, as instructed, his accomplices let it slip as they made their calls, [FONT=&quot]"[/FONT]We don[FONT=&quot]'[/FONT]t have to furlough at Flex, because they have a voluntarily separation agreement.[FONT=&quot]"[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot]
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[FONT=&quot]It would have been brilliant if we hadn[FONT=&quot]'[/FONT]t seen it all before.[/FONT]
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F'ng Classic!!!
 
doh said:
Hmmm, pretty sure you got his name wrong, but attempting to use someone's real name is a tos violation. Mods?
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Thank God you're here to keep me in line! I truly appreciate it. Where would this forum be without you!
 
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I'm not here to keep you in line. You can't fix stupid.
 
Voluntary separation agreement? I know pilots that would have taken it but, The deal this time wasn't event the same as they offered previously to the FO pilots. So I understand that there were Flex pilots that took the substandard deal. Didn't they know what the previous deal for VSP was? They just sold themselves short.
 
C'mon, sing along now...

Everything is awesome, everything is cool when your part of Kenn's team
Everything is awesome, when you're living Kenn's dream

KR says so himself:
- You have a managers who trust, who are willing to admit when they're wrong and defend everything they do.
- You have an unlimited meal allowance.
- You have all the input on where you want to stay (for the most part).

http://ibmag.com/Main/Archive/2013_Best_Places_to_Work_Life_Lessons_From_Kenneth_12434.aspx

You all obviously just aren't prone to trust. Bet you didn't even complete your last annual review.
 
Who votes on these things????? Let's ask the OCC, Mechanics, dispatchers, flight Attendants all of who haven't had a pay raise in 15 years where their moral is at? Let's poll the RIF pilots and the ones that have been furloughed again and again what they think. Actually the only group in this company that has received any kind of pay raise is the pilots. And that was cause of the contract. Can you imagine how low our pay would be without it? We would have Gulftream captains making 50k a year.
 
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shanes123 said:
Let's ask the OCC, Mechanics, dispatchers, flight Attendants all of who haven't had a pay raise in 15 years where their moral is at? Let's poll the RIF pilots and the ones that have been furloughed again and again what they think.
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What would most of them say?
This, I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idzOpHHOiD4

Actually the only group in this company that has received any kind of pay raise is the pilots.
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I think that part's not quite right. The few in KR's inner circle always seem to do well, I bet they've been taken care of these past few years.
 
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a few may have been given raises or a carrot to chase. But industry standard they are well underpaid. Global n G450 pilots lowest paid in industry. Their a disgrace to any professional out there
 
BlueNose said:
Everything is awesome, everything is cool when your part of Kenn's team
Everything is awesome, when you're living Kenn's dream

KR says so himself:
- You have a managers who trust, who are willing to admit when they're wrong and defend everything they do.
- You have an unlimited meal allowance.
- You have all the input on where you want to stay (for the most part).

http://ibmag.com/Main/Archive/2013_Best_Places_to_Work_Life_Lessons_From_Kenneth_12434.aspx

You all obviously just aren't prone to trust. Bet you didn't even complete your last annual review.
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That entire article is a complete farce:
- Kenn Ricci never worked for Northwest Orient (or the Military) by his own admission under oath, during a deposition
- I have never been sent a self evaluation form or had an annual review.
- He has never published anyone's salaries
(except for the pilot payscale after the CBA)
- The pilots get very little, if any, say in their hotels.
- I have never had any manager ever admit to being wrong.
- There is no way he has over 2000 employees, even now after buying Flexjet, let alone in 2013.

I am sure many of us could go on, but all that article shows is what a narcissist KR really is. The only quote from that article that had any real truth was "I'm Delusional...", but it should have ended right there.
 
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The one thing that needs to be posted everywhere . KR,MS,JS,DD haven't sent a single letter out. They only have their names signed at the bottom of these letters. The HUBBELL Group is writing these letters they are a PR firm that KR is paying millions to to trick the stupid pilots and there's at least 300 of them. Look at who's name is at the bottom of the press release with his email and phone number. A HUBBELL Group advisor. That's where our money is being spent. KR would rather give it to these guys then his own pilots. As he flies around the world in his GV.
 
Well it wouldn't look too convincing if Denis Florian's wife released it. You know she is in charge of public relations at Flight Options. Ok, I know, you weren't really surprised.
 
She probably hasn't had a raise in 10 years either. Anyone hear that the mechanics are talking union? Just heard that on the road
 
Mechanics and the dispatchers. That is still supposed to be kept a secret. But, then again, Kenn already told the mechanic that they will be terminated if they formed a union. Nice guy, huh? If he wasn't treating them like the professionals that they are , they wouldn't need a union. GO 1224!
 

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