ASA MEC meeting...

[CFIT]

Ya ASA go on strike, that'll show them.

Strike is the best defense a union has had since the dawn of time.

Management has figured out a unions best defense.


But, go ahead and try anyway........

 

[Jon Rivoli]

Sinca,

No, I work for Skywest. Before I came here I worked for what I would call a "Bad" company and so perhaps my threshold for pain is higher than most. If your management won't negotiate in good faith that's messed up and I really don't know what you can do about it, I've been bent over the proverbial barrel with no KY before. My answer was to leave the company and start over, not easy to do. People think we're nuts at Skywest because we can't seem to organize and bring in a union. The truth is that the guy's running this outfit are about as sharp as they come. They don't give away anything they don't have to and they run things pretty close so there are always 10 or 20% that are pissed, but not enough to upset the apple cart. If eveyone is happy, you're giving away the store. What they usually offer is just enough to satisfy most people, but not all. If you had your own business that is how you would do it to, if you're smart. If negotiations are stalled I'm not suprised, they just bought ASA last month. Call it a cost benefit analisys or whatever, right now I expect that they are trying to get a finger on your pulse. That and I'm pretty sure they want to harmonise things between SKYW and ASA as much as possible because I do believe that they eventually intend to merge the two. Give it a few months and I bet they come up with an offer that is bound to suprise you in one way or another.

 

[Sinca3]

I too came from a "risk your ticket to fly here" airline before ASA. There we were in negotiations and almost had to walk, which I hope we don't have to do here, but that is our only option!!! If mangament were to "play nice" we wouldn't be here talking about this.
I am too burned out to keep hoping and waiting for this managment team to get it's head in the game and lead this company.

 

[scarlet]

A strike VOTE is just a VOTE !!!! It is like playing POKER, or neg. buying a house or car, which most of you suck at!!! You have to play hard ball..

We all know and Mangt. will soon realize the EMPLOYEES control more of the companies money than they do.. What we do at the airport makes alot of difference in the bottom line. The pilots can burn ungodly amounts of $$$$, I heard F/As pouring drinks down the drains at other carriers, making pot and pots of coffee and poring down the drains, throwing everything in the trash to be repelshed at the next stop. HEY the passengers wanted alot of coffee and coke today. SO WE have to educate Mgmt. because they don't get it, because they have never worked over there, that WE control the airline and WE are the airline NOT THEM!!!

 

["GO AROUND"]

I keep hearing from the CP's that there should be some good announcments being made soon. I'm still waiting and what managment thinks is a good announcment usually sucks to a pilot.

Still hopefully optimistic, but fading every day.

 

[Tomct]

Go Around....i have to agree with you on this one. We need to show mgmnt that we are unified with a strike vote! I believe that would get their attention! ASA pilots, we need to stand up and BE HEARD!! Just because we vote STRIKE does not mean that we are going to STRIKE! But it will sure send a STRONG MESSAGE to J.A. and Co. that WE ARE SERIOUS!
Jon...We don't expect to make 300K a year, but I do expect to be paid accordingly! We should not have to be in debt for 20 plus years just to appease everyone else. In fact, you Skywst guys/gals should be right there with us. This will effect ya'll as well! Hopefully you guys will vote in a UNION!
ASA PILOTS.....STEP UP AND VOTE STRIKE TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE!!!:uzi:

 

["GO AROUND"]

It will be interesting to see just how unified we are. My thinking is we are but I could be wrong. Then, how bad does it have to get before the Neg. Committee asks to be released. Pathetic is all I can say about our managment team, except for a few.

Have you had a chance to talk with C Tutt? He is truely embarrased by the things that the company does. Heard he apologizes daily for it. Didn't know what he was getting in for I think.

 

[ASAFOE120]

C Tutt is truly a great guy for the pilots to have around. He spoke at my PICT class and at the last CP forum in ATL. Unlike usual mgmt rhetoric and blaming others for their mistakes, he stood up and took the blame for our pilot shortage a while back. Took the blame for us having every single approach plate in the country in our jepps. He is the one behind the removing of 300 pages in the jepss. A new and improved FOM on the way. I really like this guy and hope ASA keeps him for a long, long time.

Just my .02 on C Tutt.

 

[Texx]

C Tutt is truly a great guy for the pilots to have around. He spoke at my PICT class and at the last CP forum in ATL. Unlike usual mgmt rhetoric and blaming others for their mistakes, he stood up and took the blame for our pilot shortage a while back. Took the blame for us having every single approach plate in the country in our jepps. He is the one behind the removing of 300 pages in the jepss. A new and improved FOM on the way. I really like this guy and hope ASA keeps him for a long, long time.

Just my .02 on C Tutt.

Be careful and keep an open mind about CT. Talk to the DAL pilots about him and get a different view.