FLOPS Union Busting

[RVSM]

**Amended comment due to new information**
Go union it will improve QOL greatly.

 

[netjetwife]

NJ pilots have mentioned that the amount of money they were awarded in grievance settlements far surpassed their dues last year. I said that my husband got over $1000. I'm sorry to have given false information --even though it wasn't intentional. I'd like to set the record straight. The actual amount was over $2,500. Needless to say, the pilots are well pleased with what they get in return for their dues. Consider it a form of insurance, if it makes you feel better, but anyway you look at it, it's a good investment whose dividends are unquestioned among the NJ pilots--and those of other frac pilots, considering the number of cards that have been turned in since the NJ pilots won their new contract.

It's interesting--and so transparent--how those against unions toss around the name "Teamsters", but the pilots (and spouses) who follow the situation closely speak of 1108. AIN also knows where credit is due. Check out this month's article about the Options pilots' efforts to join 1108. Congratulations on the publicity! I remember how buoyed the NJ group was to see our fight reported in AIN. It's a tangible sign of progress--one of those markers that lets you know you're on the right path. Hang in there! NJW

 

[DO-82 driver]

The very first day of 2006 was an Extended day for me as well as Holiday pay.....this one day alone covers my Union due for the next 26 months......

I don't want to hear anyone cry about Union dues.

Did I mention I also don't have to pay into my medical paln.....that's got to be worth at least 500/month. Other Frac guys are paying at least 160/month.

 

[Publishers]

Hawkered -- You must be smelling the aircraft glue when you make a statement that unionism is on some high right now. Their one big entrenchment just took a rather major hit in case you missed the news.

 

[Hawkered]

Publishers,

You are correct about layoffs and redundancies, but what you seem to be missing is that ABX, Netjets, Options and Flexjet have seen a major shift back towards traditional bargaining efforts.

To blame unionism for the failure of poor management, is to blame America for getting involved in World War II!

The American workforce, outside of the basic service industry is not shrinking at all, despite dire warnings on CNN. We are turning into a skilled provider of new ideas requiring considerable and expensive education. One need only look at the cost of acquiring these skills to see the validity of this argument.

The problem is that the bean-counters sitting in ivory towers have no regard nor respect for the workforce, nor the value this skill level brings to the operation. Due to the fact that the workforce is so much bigger as companies get larger...the only fair way of getting representation is with a union.

I am not not neccesarily "pro" or "anti" union. I am "pro" fair treatment. If an operator gets a union on the property, it's a sign of the sins of the past.

They're getting what they deserve!

 

[netjetwife]

Good point, Hawkered!

I couldn't agree more! Publishers, there can be no question that in the fractional industry unions are experiencing an all time high in the level of interest from pilots. As that should be the focus of this forum, Hawkered's post was right on target. He is absolutely correct in saying that the interest is there because of problems pilots have encountered with management. Any workforce that seeks representation does so because their needs are not being met, and the workers have realized that their best chance to be heard and dealt with fairly is found in collective bargaining and standing together, rather than going it alone, when interacting with management. For one who likes to preach the laws of supply and demand, you fail to recognize that those same principals apply to unions. They are only in existence where a demand for their service is required.

 

[Publishers]

I would make the point that had Netjets ever been formed as a fractional, it is less likely that they would even have a union. The example above even puts ABX as an example when it has absolutely no bearing on the fractional business.
EJA became a union company more from its early realtionship with the railroad than anything to do with today.
On the bigger picture, unions have taken it on the chin and continue to lose membership and take it on the chin. Not my opinion, any kind of research should point that out.
As talked about on the other threads, it remains to be seen how many of these companies in the pure fractional business can survive. Netjets finally achieving a contract is little proof of much other than it took them forever.

 

[Diesel]

publisher- someone who talks but never really accomplished.

 

[BrnJetFuel]

unions have taken it on the chin and continue to lose membership and take it on the chin.

Pilot Unions are unlike any other. We are white collared professionals who typically are conservative. Yes, while unions in general are on the down, you're about to witness the growing trend in fractionals and aviation in general.



:beer:

 

[Safetycheck]

Dream

Pilot Unions are unlike any other. We are white collared professionals who typically are conservative. Yes, while unions in general are on the down, you're about to witness the growing trend in fractionals and aviation in general.



:beer:

Dream on BJ.

 

[netjetwife]

1108 certainly IS the beginning of a new union trend in the fractional industry. It is a brand new local composed only of NJ pilots who had previously been sharing representation with other transportation workers. The pilots of other frac companies have shown interest in joining 1108. When that happens (and the process is already under way) BJF's prediction, and 1108's stated goal, will become a reality.

VISIONARY LEADERS ARE THOSE NOT AFRAID TO DREAM

A THOUGHT OUT PLAN TURNS THAT DREAM INTO A GOAL

HARD WORK THEN TRANSFORMS THE GOAL INTO REALITY

Watching it all happen,
Netjetwife

 

[BrnJetFuel]

Dream on BJ.

No dreaming necessary. But you keep on living in denial, seem's you're quite comfortable there. Expect to be lonely soon.

 

[choppengruven]

Dream on BJ.

I smell a cushy check Airman job here.

 

[banned username 1]

Not to hijack this thread gang, but...

Texasskicker,

I read your report to me regarding an offending post and I was quite ready to deal with it in an impartial manner- if it needed to be.

What I find is (for rightly or wrongly) mixing it up- and then insulting another moderator. Not that we should have any special treatment per se, but it seems counterproductive for someone who has remained here because of tolerance of the moderators, to insult one.

So since we are "jackasses" and you seem to have all the answers to everything and nobody else knows anything and if they dare disagree with you they will get attacked, I'm going to help you out. Which way did you come in?

Go. Get the hell out and stay out. We don't want you here. Clear enough?

UAL78

We now return you to your regularly scheduled posts

 

[netjetwife]

As one who has had an unwanted "run-in" with the ass from Texas, my thanks to the moderators who volunteer their time keeping the peace and maintaining a level of decency that allows for open debate of the issues. I agreed with the other Texans who felt he was an embarrassment to the Lone Star state. Attacking those who serve the board was not just stupid; it was spiteful. I applaud you for standing up for yourself, UAL78.
NJW