Aloha Airlines cargo pilots threaten April 26 strike

[tzskipper]

I'm saying if they strike, anyone doing the struck work would be scabbing.

Just to add a bit, I believe that "struck work" is defined by the ALOHA MEC.

TZS

 

[Ty Webb]

Good Luck, Guys . . . . Sorry for the way this has worked out so far, but we support you guys, and appreciate your show of strength in the face of such adversity. Real "Old School" stuff that many new pilots could learn from.

Regards,

TW

 

[suupah]

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[Andy Neill]

I'm saying if they strike, anyone doing the struck work would be scabbing.

and

Just to add a bit, I believe that "struck work" is defined by the ALOHA MEC.

I'm guessing that multiple airlines have had existing contracts to fly the mail over routes that Aloha does. It will be interesting to see how the Aloha MEC will identify which parcels are struck work. When a passenger carrier strikes, other airlines are not scabbing by virtue of flying a passenger origianlly intending to fly the struck airline. It is more common to identify struck work as changes to frequency or guage. Since I think the loss of capacity from Aloha can be absorbed into existing capacity (recently increased to make up for the non-struck loss of capacity from Aloha passenger operations), there would be no struck work.

 

[YMICFI]

Ok

Very good. I would agree with the thoughts. If the pilots were to continue flying during the strike that would be scabbing. I don't see that happening. The pilot group at Aloha is too strong and "union friendly" to do that.

 

[Hamburger]

I remember years ago when Comair stuck. I was working at Blueridge and we were watching very carefully to see if any 'extra' pairings showed up that used to belong to Comair. (A trip that left Dulles and worked Cincinnati for three days that wasn't there last month)...Because if it did, we weren't going to fly it.
It is, of course, up to the Aloha MEC to decide where the line is drawn.
My original statement was more along the lines of there actually being a strike involved when people throw the word 'scab' around.

 

[CopilotDoug]

what's the latest? Did they strike? Did management come to the table???

 

[Fubijaakr]

The latest is Aloha Cargo went Chapter 7 and shut their doors, so the whole debate is moot.

 

[go!ng for broke]

The latest is Aloha Cargo went Chapter 7 and shut their doors, so the whole debate is moot.

the debate is the reason for chap 7

 

[fly4surf]

Much respect for the AQ pilots.

You guys were getting dragged over the coals by people commenting in the paper for this.
But what they don't understand is....
just about everything.

Walk proud.