FLOPS Strike ballots are being sent out !!!

[hogbody]

Types of scab

In this case, there are 3 types of scabs that IBT 1108 will primarily be concerned with, and all hold positions on the Flight Options seniority list:

1. Management (non-union) pilots.
2. Union or non-union pilots who cross the picket line.
3. Furloughed pilots or pilots on LOA, currently working for other operators, who pick up charter work for Flight Options.

 

[hogbody]

Other forms of economic pressure

Here ia a good Q&A:

Q. In the event of strike, does the Union have the right to picket or apply other forms of economic pressure to vendors and other businesses that continue or attempt to do business with Flight Options, LLC?


A. Yes. The Railway Labor Act grants the Union and striking employees broad rights to extend picket lines and other forms of self-help beyond Flight Options, LLC, including but not limited to vendors and other businesses that perform or attempt to perform struck work or maintain pre-strike business relationships with Flight Options, LLC during a strike. Finally, many RLA and NLRA labor organizations have secured contractual provisions specifically permitting employees to refuse to cross picket lines or perform struck work undertaken by their employer. Your Union developed an action plan several months ago to ensure that every form of lawful pressure is applied in the event a strike becomes necessary. Expect significant support from other labor organizations and their members in the event of a strike.

 

[mitsdriver]

Finally, many RLA and NLRA labor organizations have secured contractual provisions specifically permitting employees to refuse to cross picket lines or perform struck work undertaken by their employer.


This would not apply to non-union charter pilots at some XYZ Charter Company. If those pilots refused such work, there is nothing that prevents their employer from firing them. And there would be no recourse.

 

[ultrarunner]

Here ia a good Q&A:

Q. In the event of strike, does the Union have the right to picket or apply other forms of economic pressure to vendors and other businesses that continue or attempt to do business with Flight Options, LLC?


A. .....Finally, many RLA and NLRA labor organizations have secured contractual provisions specifically permitting employees to refuse to cross picket lines or perform struck work undertaken by their employer.

That may be the case, but it doen't extend to other non-union charter carriers which may pick up that work. That is my point. While you may get sympathy and resolutions from RLA and NLRB shops, you won't get them from, say, "other charter providers". And that is what TurboHonda was looking for.

The nice thing about airport lock downs is that you don't have to worry about some striker carrying a sign at the gate if you're out doing your job as a charter pilot. A call to the local TSA reporting them as a security threat will take care of them in a heartbeat.

 

[BeenThereDoneIt]

Gawd.....you guys are starting to turn on each other almost as much as the guys at Avantair do! For God's sake......get some testicles, or quit complaining. If you are only worth $40,000, then vote no. If you feel you are worth more than that, then vote yes. Then live with your decision. This isn't rocket science!

 

[Sky Captain]

Gawd.....you guys are starting to turn on each other almost as much as the guys at Avantair do! For God's sake......get some testicles, or quit complaining. If you are only worth $40,000, then vote no. If you feel you are worth more than that, then vote yes. Then live with your decision. This isn't rocket science!

Right on. Met a Flight Options pilot today who said he was originally going to vote "NO" to the strike but decided to vote "Yes". He then proceeded to tell me he would more than likely cross a picket line anyway because of his age!!!

This guy was like a boat without a rudder. And he seems to be headed toward an iceberg and just pushed the throttle up!!!

Please, dear God, let him be in a small minority (less than 5%) of the Flight Options pilots...for the sake of the good pilots there AND guys like this who don't know the difference...

 

[T-1GUY]

Please, Please, Please, Grow a pair for your Family's sake... I have been listening to Flight Option pilots whine for the last six years....Either step up to the plate and demand better wages, QOL, etc or use a high quality vasoline and learn to enjoy it....

 

[dime line]

Please, Please, Please, Grow a pair for your Family's sake... I have been listening to Flight Option pilots whine for the last six years....Either step up to the plate and demand better wages, QOL, etc or use a high quality vasoline and learn to enjoy it....

Kinda nice from the cheap seats hu

 

[Sparse]

In this case, there are 3 types of scabs that IBT 1108 will primarily be concerned with, and all hold positions on the Flight Options seniority list:

1. Management (non-union) pilots.
2. Union or non-union pilots who cross the picket line.
3. Furloughed pilots or pilots on LOA, currently working for other operators, who pick up charter work for Flight Options.

I don't think managment pilots at airline strikes were labled as scabs. I may be wrong. Would the IBT really lable a furloughed pilot or LOA pilot working for a charter company that backs up a Option trip a scab? Would the IBT expect that pilot to potentially lose his or her job by refusing the trip? That would seem to be a high price to pay for a job that he or she may never be recalled to. That would equate to a furloughed United pilot, who found work at say Frontier, refusing to fly a Denver Chicago flight if United was on strike.

 

[GerryG]

That may be the case, but it doen't extend to other non-union charter carriers which may pick up that work. That is my point. While you may get sympathy and resolutions from RLA and NLRB shops, you won't get them from, say, "other charter providers". And that is what TurboHonda was looking for.

The nice thing about airport lock downs is that you don't have to worry about some striker carrying a sign at the gate if you're out doing your job as a charter pilot. A call to the local TSA reporting them as a security threat will take care of them in a heartbeat.

Many pilots at flops, will never look at charter pilots the same way after reading this thread and the posts on the charter forum of this site. It is one thing to rightfully decry being labeled a scab. It is quite another to seemingly revel in anticipation of your role as a defacto strike breaker in service of flops management. Yes, in the event of a strike at flops, you will be used, and very few will blame you personally for it, but you don't have to like it.

Snarkey remarks about calling out the TSA on picketers, only lowers our collective estimation of your character. Sadly some will decide that all charter pilots are mercenary punks and that would be a shame for your and for our profession.