Aloha info. picketing today - 10/27

[Hugh Jorgan]

Guys like what's his name are what's wrong with this industry. Any time a pension is terminated, a pay scale is cut, or work rules are slashed, it should pi$$ us all off. There is nothing worse than a guy who is happy at another pilot's misfortune. I don't care if you fly RJ's, or the space shuttle, we are all in this together, and the sooner everyone realises it, the better.

Amen.

 

[islandhopper]

Tiny Aloha will once again set the tone for industy wide overhaul. In 1988 Aloha flight #243 brought metal fatigue to the worlds attention and in 2005 tiny little Aloha will once again set the tone for line pilots WORLDWIDE.

http://starbulletin.com/2005/10/28/business/story02.html

http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/money/5193387/detail.html
Dont forget the video option.

The www.honoluluadvertiser.com should run an even LARGER article in the mornings paper.

 

[furloughfodder]

Stand united Aloha pilots! It has to start at the smaller airlines, the ones with some balls. You guys are doing the right thing!

Polar was on strike last month and got 10.5% pay raise, now it is your turn to stand up for what is right!

STOP THE MADNESS! STAY STRONG!

 

[RJP]

we are all in this together, and the sooner everyone realizes it, the better.

I agree 100% but truth is that it will never happen in this industry. One only needs to read some of the PFT/Pac Wings/"I'm just happy to get my foot in the door"/"wow I get to fly a jet for $15 an hour"/"Mesa's not THAT bad" threads to see the sad truth.

 

[islandhopper]

Stand united Aloha pilots! It has to start at the smaller airlines, the ones with some balls. You guys are doing the right thing!

Polar was on strike last month and got 10.5% pay raise, now it is your turn to stand up for what is right!

STOP THE MADNESS! STAY STRONG!

THANKS!!!! FRONT PAGE CENTER ON www.alpa.org

Aloha Pilots Send Strong Message to Management
More than 100 Aloha Airlines pilots picketed outside their company headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii yesterday to protest management’s request to terminate pilot contracts and pension plans. A bankruptcy court is set to rule later today on whether or not to allow the termination of the pilot contracts.

During recent negotiations with management, Aloha pilots agreed to 20% pay cuts, productivity enhancements and a two-year “freeze” on their pension plan. These concessions totaled $12.5 million in annual savings. As a result of these concessions, management promised in a Letter of Agreement not to seek rejection of the pilot collective bargaining agreement in bankruptcy court. Management is now not only seeking to terminate the pilots’ pension plan, but the entire contract.
“We have made every attempt to negotiate in good faith with this management team for a labor contract that benefits both the pilots and the company, and would create a seamless transition for the new investors,” said David Bird, chairman of the master executive council for the Aloha pilot group. “Why they now would go back on their word, ask the Court to reject our contract, and risk having the new investors walk away from the table is beyond reason.”
The $12.5 million in cuts and other pilot concessions have allowed Aloha not only to return to profitability, but have also attracted new investor groups and brightened the future of Aloha Airlines.
Further talks between the pilot group and Aloha lawyers are set for later today