DAL and its employees being anti-union is holding up FAA funding bill

[DieselDragRacer]

http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insi...lta-air-lines-named-as-party-to-faa-shutdown/

 

[jonjuan]

Sounds like AFA is licking its chops at the $$$$ it could suck up. From what I understand, they already voted no using the new rules. Harry Reid is shameless.

 

[SkiFishFly]

MOre like the idiots in DC are holding it up!

 

[Raoul Duke]

This is one issue I hope gets held up a very long time. I have no problem knowing that the Republicans have managed to single handedly shrink the FAA overnight by 4,000 heads. Could not happen to a better agency. Give 'em hell Delta

 

[DonVerita]

The blocking of the FAA extension is due to 2 reasons, both of them originating with House Republicans:

1. EAS (Essential Air Service). Republicans want to cut it. I'm fine with that as this program is a huge waste of taxpayer $ for very little benefit gained.

2. Limiting the ability of airline employees to form unions. As usual, the anti-union, anti-worker Republican party lapdogs are licking the boots of their big business corporate campaign money donors. They want the new NMB rule that says a Yes vote means "Yes" and a No vote means "No" and a non-vote means nothing to be -reversed- and brought back to like it was in the old days where a non-vote was counted as a "No" vote. That I do have a major problem with.

So don't blame Harry Reid. He is sticking up for YOUR right to unionize. Blame the crackpot Tea Party and their Republican cohorts.

 

[DonVerita]

This is one issue I hope gets held up a very long time. I have no problem knowing that the Republicans have managed to single handedly shrink the FAA overnight by 4,000 heads. Could not happen to a better agency. Give 'em hell Delta

What a simplistic attitude.

While you gloat over this, did you know that engineers responsible for modernizing the ATC system are now not able to do that. Construction projects for airport modernization as well as surface pavement repair are now halted.

 

[Raoul Duke]

he is trying to reverse a rule that has been in place for 75 years, solely for the AFA - and they even lost under the "fixed" rules. I have no problem with the FAA being shut down over this.

 

[Full of LUV]

What a simplistic attitude.

While you gloat over this, did you know that engineers responsible for modernizing the ATC system are now not able to do that. Construction projects for airport modernization as well as surface pavement repair are now halted.

How could we get the Feds to furlough half of the Dept Of Ed , Dept of Commerce, Dept of Ag and a whole host of other Depts that fill the office space of DC with technocrats making six figures. The FAA always seemed to be one of the more leaner agencies ironically compared to those other bloated agencies.
LUV

 

[Dizel8]

You can throw jetblue in the ring as well, they have gone on record at wanting the RLA to return to the old rules.

 

[F9 Driver]

The blocking of the FAA extension is due to 2 reasons, both of them originating with House Republicans:

1. EAS (Essential Air Service). Republicans want to cut it. I'm fine with that as this program is a huge waste of taxpayer $ for very little benefit gained.

Whether you agree with EAS or not, the taxes that would have been collected in the first week of the shutdown would have paid for the ENTIRE 2012 EAS program.

There's got to be a better way to enact change than this!

 

[michael707767]

So don't blame Harry Reid. He is sticking up for YOUR right to unionize. Blame the crackpot Tea Party and their Republican cohorts.

You can still unionize if you want. Reid is trying to make it impossible not to unionize. Face it, some employee groups do not want a union. If they don't, it should not be forced upon them.

 

[tico]

You can still unionize if you want. Reid is trying to make it impossible not to unionize. Face it, some employee groups do not want a union. If they don't, it should not be forced upon them.

Actually michael(typical military pilot)707767 you are wrong...and delta is wrong and the original law was wrong....counting a non-voter as a no vote....why cant a non-voter be counted as a yes vote....what is right is to tally all votes....yea and nay.....if the nay's have it....good..if the yea's have it good.....for all the blind sheep who listen to their "old south republicrat leaders" and do nothing....well...tough ********************

 

[jumppilot1000]

How about this...everyone is forced to vote yes or no, no abstaining. Would do away with this argument.

 

[cocknbull]

Actually michael(typical military pilot)707767 you are wrong...and delta is wrong and the original law was wrong....counting a non-voter as a no vote....why cant a non-voter be counted as a yes vote....what is right is to tally all votes....yea and nay.....if the nay's have it....good..if the yea's have it good.....for all the blind sheep who listen to their "old south republicrat leaders" and do nothing....well...tough ********************

Actually you are wrong. It means that the majority of employees must want a union and vote for it. A vocal minority should never be allowed to change a work environment. Furthermore the rules were not changed on decertifying a union. As it stands now a non vote is a pro union vote when it comes to decertifying the union. Thats not fair at all.

 

[cocknbull]

The blocking of the FAA extension is due to 2 reasons, both of them originating with House Republicans:

1. EAS (Essential Air Service). Republicans want to cut it. I'm fine with that as this program is a huge waste of taxpayer $ for very little benefit gained.

2. Limiting the ability of airline employees to form unions. As usual, the anti-union, anti-worker Republican party lapdogs are licking the boots of their big business corporate campaign money donors. They want the new NMB rule that says a Yes vote means "Yes" and a No vote means "No" and a non-vote means nothing to be -reversed- and brought back to like it was in the old days where a non-vote was counted as a "No" vote. That I do have a major problem with.

So don't blame Harry Reid. He is sticking up for YOUR right to unionize. Blame the crackpot Tea Party and their Republican cohorts.

No offense but you are an idiot! The airlines give a boat load of money to both sides of the isle. Furthermore if the Dems wanted fairness when it comes to unions in the workplace why weren't they for allowing unions to be decertified in the same manner. As it stands a vocal minority can elect a union but a non-vote is a pro union vote when it comes to decertification of the union. Just another way the Dems want to force their socialist agenda on the rest of us and then make it impossible for us to get out from underneath there mistakes.