Astar Management Plan's Backfire

[Whistlin' Dan]

It looks like managment got their wish for a trouble free holiday. With no more meetings planned until January the company will be free to do whatever they have planned.

Oh, I don't know about that. The company may be "free to do whatever they had planned," but the pilots will be free to do whatever they had planned as well. Namely, spend more time with their families over the holidays, not bid on open time, not answer telephones, etc. Remember, those actions are illegal only if the union orchestrates them. It's not a crime to NOT volunteer for extra work. Nor is it a crime to have a beer or other adult beverage on your time off, so long as you don't violate the "12-hour" or "fitness for duty" rule.

It is a crime, however, to fly when you're sick or fatigued, as I'm sure your union will be reminding you over the next several weeks. DO visit a Dr. the next morning should any of you feel it necessary to take some sick time. The $10 co-pay could save your job.

I still have several friends working for Astar. I hope you (and they) all get one he11 of a contract, because this is probably the last "good" one either you or ABX will get. Dasburg and Hete know it too, which is why they're going to try to suck everything they can out of their respective companies. Hang tough and don't give in. You and the ABX pilot group are really nothing more than galley slaves, rowing opposite sides of the same ship. The company is already holding auditions for your replacements.

 

[erichartmann]

Dan, if the pilot group suddenly stops bidding and working overtime or being availiable for that late night phone call a judge will likely view that as a concerted job action, particularly if the group had a history of doing the work. It won't matter what the MEC publically delcares. There is precedent for this.

 

[AV8OR]

That is correct. There will be NO illegal job action by the AStar pilot group. Period.

 

[skycruizer]

.....look for ASTAR to bring in some "big-dog" talent to advise quietly from the sidelines.

For $30k a month, that's what McKeen was supposed to be. (For those not in the loop, he used to be a hired gun for labor, now he's on the AStar payroll.)

When was he pro labor...college? This guy is pure anti labor.

 

[skycruizer]

It wasn't a fair match. Rossum is a money guy, not a labor guy. Luby is labor, through and through.

In the effort to secure a fair contract between ASTAR and it's pilots, "spin" will play as important a role as due process. Now that they've had their nose bloodied, look for ASTAR to bring in some "big-dog" talent to advise quietly from the sidelines. It would be dangerous to assume that their future actions will be as amateurish and ill-conceived as the ones taken up to this point.

Come on Dan...you know that the "Daz" is the big dog. Woof-Woof!

 

[AV8OR]

When was he pro labor...college? This guy is pure anti labor.

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I said he was hired for labor not pro labor. What I meant was that he was hired for labor relations by the company.

Sorry for the confusion. I guess my lawyer skin shoes are on a little too tight.

 

[skycruizer]

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I said he was hired for labor not pro labor. What I meant was that he was hired for labor relations by the company.

Sorry for the confusion. I guess my lawyer skin shoes are on a little too tight.

Aaaaah, ok I see it now. My mistake, I'll read slower. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[skycruizer]

It wasn't a fair match. Rossum is a money guy, not a labor guy. Luby is labor, through and through.

That's true but Rossum picked his battle didn't he? If he hasn't learned this type of lesson by now I doubt he ever will. Let me ask this. Blessing testified that Boja called him (director to director). Would there be any difference if the contact was actually corporate officer to officer?

 

[flyinboxes]

It looks like managment got their wish for a trouble free holiday. With no more meetings planned until January the company will be free to do whatever they have planned.

These idiots can't spell "planned".

 

[flyinboxes]

When was he pro labor...college? This guy is pure anti labor.

I think he meant to say this guy was trained by pro-labor. The pro-labor leader of the airline pilot world. Turn Coat (nice name)J Randolph Babbit. He knows ALPA from the inside.