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[imacdog]

None of the outcomes in your examples were influenced by having pay cuts or not.

How about USA Jet? When all the Falcon pilots were fired, why didn't they just get pay cuts? Why didn't you do that to keep your pilots employed?

 

[pilotyip]

None of the outcomes in your examples were influenced by having pay cuts or not.

How about USA Jet? When all the Falcon pilots were fired, why didn't they just get pay cuts? Why didn't you do that to keep your pilots employed?

they did? got the biggest pay cut you can take. They DA-20 went away, never going to fly them again until they decided to fly them again

 

[imacdog]

So what you're saying is, the decrease in demand was responsible for furloughing pilots. That's pretty much what we've been telling you. Either there is a need for pilots or there isn't; your BS line about the NJA furloughed pilots being let go because the rest wouldn't take a pay cut was, well, BS. I guess being in management, BS is just your style YIP.

 

[Waldom]

From strickly a stick and rudder perspective, yes flying wealthy people (or any people for that matter) trains one to fly "better" than flying boxes....If you have experience flying people, especially wealthy, you know not to bank 45 degrees to final, not to descend at 4000 ft/m.. Not to slam on the brakes and TRs.

I didn't do that when I flew boxes, and the majority of people I flew with didn't either.

With radial engines, or with several million dollars worth of horse flesh standing in stalls unrestrained in the back, that would have been frowned upon.

 

[G4dude]

Yeah...backbones are hard to come by these days.

You are missing the point. I shouldn't HAVE to fear harassment, Nacho. Then I would be pleased to post on a non anonymous board. Me and my friends at the former NJI. Don't you get it?

 

[Mungusaurus]

Thread hijack........ Complete!

 

[jehtplane]

Thread hijack........ Complete!

Isn't that the truth, unreal!

 

[wacoflyr]

Good post, actually. However, I am against many things the union does precisely because I worry a LOT about the junior guys. I have been laid off 11 times, and don't want anybody to go through that. I want them to not lose their jobs. Our junior people are really good pilots, good people, and deserve a happy career. I fear an activist union will endanger that. You might disagree with my conclusions, but never doubt my feelings about my colleagues.

I have three questions for you.

1. Do you think the 'junior people' support the union? Not just at your old geewhiz part of the company, but at NetJets at large.

2. Can you honestly say that the Netjets union(sorry, acronym escapes me at the moment) is likely to cause layoffs, such as those clearly caused by management mistakes?

3. Have you made a good faith effort to put forward your arguments, in person, with the union?

Honest answers, please.

Wacoflyr

 

[The Dude Abides]

......again common sense!

Do you read what you post before you hit send?

 

[The Dude Abides]

The clue is the timing of the announcement.

No it's not.

 

[NachoMamma]

You are missing the point. I shouldn't HAVE to fear harassment, Nacho. Then I would be pleased to post on a non anonymous board. Me and my friends at the former NJI. Don't you get it?

Oh I get it...you fear the repercussions of your statements so you hide behind an anonymous name where it's safe. No surprise There...That's what cowards do. That's not a personal attack as much as a sad observation of the facts. That's just the kind of person you are. You should be proud.

 

[G4dude]

Oh I get it...you fear the repercussions of your statements so you hide behind an anonymous name where it's safe. No surprise There...That's what cowards do. That's not a personal attack as much as a sad observation of the facts. That's just the kind of person you are. You should be proud.

You STILL don't get it. If you candidly state your opinions, you don't HAVE to fear harassment, because people like me would never behave that way. I have to worry about that because people like you DO behave that way. I would NEVER mistreat a pro union poster, no matter how much I disagree with his actions. You would harass me til the cows come home, driving me off the board and circulating my name among the other union zealots for further mistreatment. Can't you see the difference? I should not HAVE to not be a "coward." You never run that risk, because people like me behave in an adult manner.

 

[NachoMamma]

I would NEVER mistreat a pro union poster, no matter how much I disagree with his actions.

And proudly so, Praetorian. I think you union goons are morons.

If you freaking morons ever strike NJA, I will definitely scab.

I should not HAVE to not be a "coward."

Yet somehow you still are.

You never run that risk, because people like me behave in an adult manner.

Obviously

 

[G4dude]

Yet somehow you still are.


Obviously

None of my statements harass or intimidate or threaten anybody. You can't possibly be this stupid.

 

[G4dude]

I have three questions for you.

1. Do you think the 'junior people' support the union? Not just at your old geewhiz part of the company, but at NetJets at large.

2. Can you honestly say that the Netjets union(sorry, acronym escapes me at the moment) is likely to cause layoffs, such as those clearly caused by management mistakes?

3. Have you made a good faith effort to put forward your arguments, in person, with the union?

Honest answers, please.

Wacoflyr

Answers:
1. yes. The people at the former NJI, regardless of seniority, seem to not be in favor of the union. I could be wrong about this, but very few here seems to back them, even the two (very nice) liberals I fly with. Several of the A guys who have come over here do back the union, but don't seem to be particular fans of Luthi.
2. no. I don't believe ASAP causes layoffs. I think ASAP can cause loss of profitability in the long run, however.
3. no. Interesting idea, though. But my arguments are against the very idea of a union, so I am not sure how my opinions on that subject would impress the union folks. This union, ASAP, seems to be pretty well behaved so far.