Game On

[gunfyter]

And what this means is ...

There are important workers in Hospitals whose expertise has nothing to do with medicine. Accountants, Lawyers, Administrators, medical billing, food services, etc..

Aviation companies similarly have workers not directly involved in making airplanes airworthy or moving them through the skies.

But if I am an accountant or IT specialist... I could just as easily be dedicated to my field of specialty in some other industry and care less whether I had anything remotely to do with airplanes... or a Hospital for that matter. To say that these professionals, as dedicated to their trade as they may be, are more dedicated to Aviation or Medicine than Pilots and Doctors ... is nonsensical.

We respect workers in every trade and occupation. But it is sometimes Managements that refuse to treat Professional Pilots correctly in terms of compensation and QOL issues that create the problems and a need for the workers to take a stand.

 

[B19 Flyer]

You are such a tool!

Thank you for responding to my post. You have truly shown what an a$s you are......again.

I bet you would be supportive of slave labor.

Non union employees are much safer and more prevelent throughout aviation than union employees. They understand that flying IS the mission.

In union airlines, flying the mission means the chest pounding rhetoric of a union pilot who thinks that the industry couldn't exist without them.

There are lots of non-union airlines that have safety records that exceed NJ that don't require the additional layers of committees and internal labor groups like a union thinks should exist that drive up cost needlessly.

Non-union employees are much more passionate about flying and operating an aircraft safely than union pilots. They are safer, more focused and have fewer distractions than union pilots.

I've repeatedly seen unsafe pilots make it through the grievance process even with their union reps in agreement with the company on firing them behind the scenes.

One last though, slave labor usually doesn't have six figures with a period at the end.

 

[Fozzy]

Non union employees are much safer and more preve(a)lent throughout aviation than union employees. They understand that flying IS the mission.
Good little solders. Work hard and do their job. Sounds a lot like the management meetings we had with Boisture and "the General". Sorry jacka$s we are not your troops and here to take your commands. Sorry.
In union airlines, flying the mission means the chest pounding rhetoric of a union pilot who thinks that the industry couldn't exist without them.
I have no misconceptions. I need those fine folks to back me up. I am a blue collar worker. But the fact remains, we can teach folks the support job in a few months down to a few days. Pilots, not so easy.

There are lots of non-union airlines that have safety records that exceed NJ that don't require the additional layers of committees and internal labor groups like a union thinks should exist that drive up cost needlessly.
Who? Lets name some examples if you are going to make statements.
Next, you really don't know what we have or need here at NJA, so you should probably just give up on this one. No facts or clue.

Non-union employees are much more passionate about flying and operating an aircraft safely than union pilots. They are safer, more focused and have fewer distractions than union pilots.
Again, lets see some FACTS, stats and references. FACTS PLEASE, or you are just full of $hit.

I've repeatedly seen unsafe pilots make it through the grievance process even with their union reps in agreement with the company on firing them behind the scenes.
And I have seen pilots in non union enviroments allowed to keep their job because they were management kiss a$s's. And I have seen management folks stay in their position after they have made unsafe decisions, and made a whole slew of questionable decisions. Kept around because of the old boy (management) network.

One last though, slave labor usually doesn't have six figures with a period at the end.

But a pilot should.

See above

 

[CA1900]

I bet you would be supportive of slave labor.

"Can't get around the old minimum wage, Mortimer..."

 

[netjetwife]

.... To say that these professionals, as dedicated to their trade as they may be, are more dedicated to Aviation or Medicine than Pilots and Doctors ... is nonsensical.

We respect workers in every trade and occupation. But it is sometimes Managements that refuse to treat Professional Pilots correctly in terms of compensation and QOL issues that create the problems and a need for the workers to take a stand.

Very well said! Pilot wages are a cost of doing business just like the fuel that goes into the planes. Responsible managers recognize that fact and build the budget accordingly.

PENNY WISE, POUND FOOLISH METHODS NEED TO GET THE BOOT

 

[hogbody]

Message to Scheeringa

B-19,

Please take this to Mr. Scheeringa:

If Flight Options management went to an aircraft manufacturer and demanded new aircraft at a price well below the going rate, the seller of airplanes would laugh. If FO management whined "No, you've got to sell at the price we want or we'll go out of business", the manufacturer would say 'tango sierra', you can just go out of business.

If management went to the fuel sellers and told them "You have to sell us jet-A for $2/gal, or we will go out of business", then the fuel folks would say "so be it, you're out of business".

Same with hotel chains, airlines, caterers and the other vendors who support Flight Options. They just wouldn't care, and certainly would not subsidize Flight Options and their wealthy clientele by selling their products/services at below cost.

So now we're down to the employees, particularly the pilots. Nothing is any different. Give them the industry standard compensation, benefits and quality of life they were promised. You say you don't have the money. I don't care. Come up with it, or close the freaking doors.

P.S. There are other jobs out there and your employees are finding them and leaving in droves.

 

[netjetwife]

Fozzy, while many frac pilots do perform services for their pax (like loading bags, cleaning the plane, etc) that can be classified as "blue collar" the shirt changes color when the flight crew steps into the cockpit--or climbs in, as the case may be. As you correctly noted, aviation skills take much longer to acquire than typical jobs usually referred to as "blue collar" and the experience rightly demanded by the owners is gained over years of flying time. For most frac pilots it's an interesting mix of blue and white, but the term professional covers it all.

CONTRACTS ARE COMMON PLACE IN OUR ECONOMY ESPECIALLY AMONG PROFESSIONALS. DOESN'T A PILOT'S CAREER DESERVE AS MUCH INVESTMENT PROTECTION AS A HOUSE BEING BUILT?

UPPER MANAGEMENT TEAMS WANT TO DENY FRAC PILOTS A CONTRACT BUT THEY TAKE THEIR OWN FOR GRANTED. CAN YOU SAY HYPOCRITICAL? I THOUGHT YOU COULD.

 

[SilverSurfer]

The missing link

Normally I wouldn't do anything that would further the mission of this POS Bob/B19. I have him all by himself on my ignore list so I don't have the threads I read cluttered up with his horseSh!t and would not have to know what his latest crap is except a few of you that still insist on playing his game.


Relative to this latest crock of crap he wants you guys to swallow, there is one very important piece of information that he is not giving you. Before the courts can hand down the injunction and subsequent fine such as the one that he has displayed here, there has to be substantial evidence that the illegal job action was sanctioned by, supported by , or initiated by the union. The union can not be held liable for the actions of a single pilot or a group of pilots that might be deemed as a direct attack on the operations of the company. In the case that moron boy posted there was evidence that the MEC had culpability in organizing the "irregular MX practices" and as such made them a party to the illegal actions.

Our leadership has been very clear in their communications to us that we are to never do anything illegal for or against the company. But along with that they have emphasized our professional responsibility to discover and document any and all discrepancies when and where they are discovered. If thats at a MX base so be it, if it is in podunk so be it, live leg or not, makes no difference. None of this is against the law. Floptions management has tried to prove on many occasions with many different pilots that their MX discrepancies were some how improper or illegal. To date they have not been able to hang any improper or illegal action on a pilot for his MX discrepancy history. The crappy MX practices that Floptions management perpetuates are the reason that we have low dispatch reliability and the high number of owner dis services we regularly see.

Don't let this moron Bob/B19 blow smoke up you a$$. He is here for no other reason the to cast doubt and fear in what ever weak minded pilots he can. Other wise known as spreading FUD.

Put him on your ignore list and lets all make him more irrelevant then he already is.

 

[netjetwife]

It worked for me, too, Silver. I'm here to have honest, relevant discussions about current events in the frac industry. My boots come in handy for stepping over fud puddles to get to the posts worth reading and responding to. Best Wishes to you and your family! NJW

Good post, Hog! That's what I meant by saying that the pilot wages are a cost of doing business. Thanks for expounding on that idea...

 

[theskyking]

Non union employees are much safer and more prevelent throughout aviation than union employees. They understand that flying IS the mission.

In union airlines, flying the mission means the chest pounding rhetoric of a union pilot who thinks that the industry couldn't exist without them.

There are lots of non-union airlines that have safety records that exceed NJ that don't require the additional layers of committees and internal labor groups like a union thinks should exist that drive up cost needlessly.

Non-union employees are much more passionate about flying and operating an aircraft safely than union pilots. They are safer, more focused and have fewer distractions than union pilots.

I've repeatedly seen unsafe pilots make it through the grievance process even with their union reps in agreement with the company on firing them behind the scenes.

One last though, slave labor usually doesn't have six figures with a period at the end.

I didn't think you could do it, B19. You've taken absurdity to a new low. Seeing as you set the previous low, you are outdoing yourself.

I was a pilot at a non-union airline prior to coming to NJ. I certainly wasn't any more passionate about my flying there than I am here. If anything, I always dealt with management changing policy without regard to the non-union workforce. To say a non-union workforce is less distracted than a union was is preposterous. As a union worker, all I have to do is do my job. I know that the rules won't change without warning. Seems like that allows me to concentrate on being a safe pilot because all the other variables are taken care of.

At least that is how it has worked out for me in my experience in both the union and non-union work force.