AMR can abandon pilots' union contract -judge

[dollacrackho]

what are american pilots complaining about ? horton is giving you ipads isnt that enough

 

[bizicmo]

I don't think the RLA will allow them to strike, as unfair as that seems.

I assume everyone is fairly pissed off, can they vote to decertify the union, then just have some sort of non-union organized strike? I would think you could only fire so many people in any given day.

 

[ironspud]

Gonna have to disagree here. "Ancient history" is a convenient way to pretend that previous wrongs are irrelevant.

A group that once had a lot of muscle and took pleasure in using it is now suddenly on the other side of the equation, and about to learn a powerful lesson regarding the abuse of asymmetric power.

I'm sure many AA pilots told TWA pilots "nothing personal, just business". I hope they have the internal consistency to repeat that phrase to themselves now.

Good post. I'm sure there are many that secretly feel the Nordstrom pilots should have their turn at losing homes, retirements and families.

 

[G4dude]

Good post. I'm sure there are many that secretly feel the Nordstrom pilots should have their turn at losing homes, retirements and families.

Exactly. By the way, aren't AA pilots roughly the highest paid passenger carrier? If so, how can the airline compete against airlines with considerably lower pay scales?

 

[Whine Lover]

"...aren't AA pilots roughly the highest paid passenger carrier? "

Whaaat...??

NO.

Even in the 90's they were actually one of the LOWEST paid Majors.

They still are even today. Of the 6 Legacy carriers,only United and UsAirways pay less than American.

Delta, Hawaiian, Alaska all pay significantly more.

That doesn't even include Southwest and a few others....

Welcome to 2012.





YKW

 

[Golden Falcon]

AA was one of the most desirable airlines to get hired by in the '80's second only to Delta...

 

[say again]

AA was one of the most desirable airlines to get hired by in the '80's second only to Delta...

Things can change overnight in this industry, unfortunately.

 

[Whine Lover]

AA was one of the most desirable airlines to get hired by in the '80's second only to Delta...

Absolutely. But they were still not necessarily the highest paid.

UsAir, had some of the highest rates ( at one point, THE highest I believe ) in the Industry in the late 80's.

I had great hair in the 80's, and Southwest was a low paid, "stepping-stone", glorified commuter job.

My, how things change...


YKW

 

[xjlifer]

Absolutely. But they were still not necessarily the highest paid.

UsAir, had some of the highest rates ( at one point, THE highest I believe ) in the Industry in the late 80's.

I had great hair in the 80's, and Southwest was a low paid, "stepping-stone", glorified commuter job.

My, how things change...


YKW

That is pretty funny....and sad...and true.
(At least the hair part for me)

 

[ASA_Aviator]

Absolutely. But they were still not necessarily the highest paid.

UsAir, had some of the highest rates ( at one point, THE highest I believe ) in the Industry in the late 80's.

I had great hair in the 80's, and Southwest was a low paid, "stepping-stone", glorified commuter job.

My, how things change...


YKW

It will continue to change. I believe that Southwest will become less and less desirable, but who knows?

 

[Golden Falcon]

Why is the rest of your life in a FLUF bouncing around the states so desirable anyway, not that it's bad, but what's the attraction??????

 

[nimtz]

Why is the rest of your life in a FLUF bouncing around the states so desirable anyway, not that it's bad, but what's the attraction??????

Because you have warrior spirit!

 

[redflyer65]

Was the new announcement of Skywest Rjs coming the being of the 'new' contract that Horton has in mind?

RF

 

[tomgoodman]

Why is the rest of your life in a FLUF bouncing around the states so desirable anyway, not that it's bad, but what's the attraction??????

The rest of your life?!! Well, it would eliminate the need for a pension.

 

[Golden Falcon]

Reading some of the APA emails, looks like a very hostile, pilot-firing environment is festering there, not at all a good place to work at the moment,,,