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American wanted to evaluate the jetblue live tv install to determine commonality for a 737,757,767 install in their aircraft for the merger with JB. Our Live tv's tech are there to train their mx

We do not have an aircraft available so the 318's on lease return are there for that purpose while the systems are being removed

The 318's are being sold by Joel Peterson to Vueling which Dave Barger owns 12% of

Wait, what????!!!

:)
 
Two of the 318's went to greenwood, ms. They will never be leaving. Then a318 is worth more parted out.
 
Anytime you're ready to step up and say that to my face let me know.... pu$$y
Aww, are you venting because your beloved corrupt out of control clown car of a union dorked up the 99 seat 190 arbitration today?

Actually it was 100 seat arbitration dip$hit, we already have shatty rates for the 99 seat 190's.
How did the union screw it up, it was decided by an Arbitrator.....ie his or her decision......that decision has been known for some time now, you just finding out about it?
 
Teamsters=Clowncar, THEY STOLE YOUR MONEY, Teamsters could not get the Aribitrator to go out to the airport and count the seats? Why do you think the Arbitrator decided the way he did? because the Teamsters are so incompetent thats why, Republic pilots deserve better (except for you).
 
Actually it was 100 seat arbitration dip$hit, we already have shatty rates for the 99 seat 190's.
How did the union screw it up, it was decided by an Arbitrator.....ie his or her decision......that decision has been known for some time now, you just finding out about it?

I just can't resist....how did the union screw it up?

The IBT attorney just lost an arbitration based upon an airplane that has 100 physical seats built into the cabin. Did he oversleep? Go to the wrong meeting room? Bump his head and forget the entire english language the night before the hearing?

Seriously, how does one not prevail in a case like this?

The list of things too challenging for the IBT's leadership and hired attorneys is getting longer.

1. Traditional negotiations - I can't find a CBA anywhere that I would be proud of

2. Grievances - "Fly it and grieve", but what happens to the dispute? Nothing apparently.

3. LOA's and side letters - A CBA as poor as the 2003 Chautuaqua should have 100's of modifications by now. They just can't get the fixes in place.

4. Arbitration - They can't prove a 190 with 100 seats is a 100 seat airplane for the purpose of pilot pay. Wow.

What exactly does the IBT provide for its membership?

Has anyone EVER said, "thank god for the IBT, they really helped us out".
 
Can you elaborate on just what LOA39 entails?

Unlimited scope below 120,000lbs.

Force Majeur if a duck farts in a pond.


LOA39 alone is enough for me to stick with the IBT.


When we are all combined you'll get to read the arbitrator's decision on the 100th seat. It's mind boggling beyond your wildest ideas of what boggling can be.
 
Popeye = "IDIOT". :laugh::D

CYA
 
Unlimited scope below 120,000lbs.

Force Majeur if a duck farts in a pond.


LOA39 alone is enough for me to stick with the IBT.


When we are all combined you'll get to read the arbitrator's decision on the 100th seat. It's mind boggling beyond your wildest ideas of what boggling can be.

Then you, and apparently a large number of IBT members, including your new EXCO, do not understand LOA 39.

I am not taking a shot at you here, but I was surprised to hear that the Force Majeur language was paraded around during a recent IBT membership meeting. When I heard it from two IBT pilots I thought that it might be true. Now I have heard the following sentence from three different IBT pilots;

"You have force majeure language that allows RAH to reduce your pay if the price of oil increases".

I am sorry to inform you that LOA 39 does not say anything of the sort.

There is FM language, but it only affects ONE paragraph of the CBA. LOA 39 establishes a minimum staffing number of FAPA in paragraph F.3. The FM language allows them to reduce staffing below the minimum staffing detailed in F.3. That is the extent of the FM language. There are 332 pages in the CBA, and Force Majeure is mentioned 3 times. Once in the definitions and twice with regard to the staffing in F.3 of LOA 39. That is it. I am not sure how or why FM is so important to the IBT, especially considering the fact that it only refers to FAPA pilot staffing. Someone doesn't have a firm grasp of the facts.

I am equally surprised that Scope is being brought up, again, especially considering the parties involved. After the successful "YX - Scope/Codeshare" debacle it was obvious to everyone involved (or apparently not "everyone") that Scope was useless as it was currently written. FAPA did not have "for the benefit of the company" in the original Scope language (nor does 99% of the airline industry, including RAH). Therefor Bedford could exploit the Codeshare that was ALREADY in place between RAH, YX, and F9 without any Scope relief. If we kept our original scope he could have done anything he wanted. So we negotiated away something that was already gone and established minimum staffing limits and the definition of narrow body aircraft. The latter I suspect is what has your EXCO so bothered.

We also wrote language that defined specific aircraft for pay purposes, and if the company acquired any other aircraft type it would automatically open Section 4 Compensation of the CBA. That language would have probably helped you guys out, considering the fate of the EMB 190 pay.

The following concerns me greatly:

A. The new IBT EXCO is more concerned with one sentence within our CBA than the entire IBT CBA. I think you need to focus on the ball in your court gents, your CBA is an abomination.

B. The new IBT EXCO does not possess a high level of sophistication, or attention to detail. Someone told them that LOA 39 was bad, and they either believed that person without reading the document or they are intentionally trying to mislead the IBT membership.

I have heard more from the IBT regarding LOA 39 than any other CBA subject combined. I don't get the myopia. LOA 39 is a fantastic example of successful negotiations.

The true value of LOA 39 will present itself clearly, or not, with the Arbitrator's SLI ruling.

Maybe the IBT's misguided vilification of LOA 39 is more about the negative impact it may have on them and not about the merits of the language itself.

In the end it was written by FAPA, for FAPA pilots. It was simply a Union's best effort to protect its membership. If anyone is keeping score, FAPA managed to exit BK with full pay snap back, pay raises going forward, full retirement benefits, expanded scope protections, and not one work rule touched.

I will comfortably and loudly vote for any independent union on the ballot, regardless of what it is named.
 
IBT saying someone else's scope language is too weak, that's hilarious.

LOA 39 is the lemonade that was made of all the lemons that came out of the bankruptcy. We ensured a minimum number of active pilots , we protected our current airplanes and growth within the category, snapped up pay and retirement to original levels. Pretty darn successful from the perspective of FAPA members.

I hate to sound like a Midwest guy but,....What would you have had FAPA do last summer? "Um, excuse me, Bryan, um, we'd like to fly those E190s. And the 170s. Oh, and if it's not too much bother, the 145-135s as well." I venture to say we didn't have the negotiating power to accomplish that, and with an integration looming, what would've been the point?

I've given blood, sweat, and tears to successfully overthrow IBT747 at one carrier. I'll do it again here.
 

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