longrangekiller
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- Apr 11, 2004
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I have been with Options almost since the doors opened. I am not of retirement age but I am out of here in mid September: one more rotation to go.
Pilots are leaving Flight Options at an alarming rate. Year to date, over 100 have departed. These pilots are leaving for a variety of corporate and commercial 121 opportunities.
You are not selecting a quality of life at any fractional. You are selecting a life style. You will spend more time with your assigned crew members than your family. You will miss most of the holidays and most of the special family events. You will be the coffee Bitxh for the rich guy and gal in the back. Now here is the good part. It is nice to know that for as long as you remain with the fractionals, no matter which one, you will have reached the limit of your potential in the aviation field. Go to work, stay out X number of days, be coffee Bitxh for rich folks, fight the weather, struggle with maintenance, dispatch, and scheduling and then go home to Pisxed off wife and kids. Oh!, and you will be doing it for peanuts compared to the NBAA average regardless of the state of organized labor within your pilot group.
The Flight Options union drive is under way. But we do not see much organization activity on the road these days. We do not see the stacks of union representation cards in the FBO's and the other Flight Options pilots I see do not speak of the organization effort unless prompted. It seems like the personal "I don't care" factor is at 100%. It is a good bet that the majority of pilots leaving Flight Options were union supporters. I would wager that 75 of the 100 plus pilots departing have sent in the union card. There have not been that many new hires. The constant changes in the pilot roster make it difficult for the organizers to verify the list.
The union vote for Fight Options will happen but not soon. And when the union is certified, it will be several YEARS before the first contract is in place. I have been waiting for almost eight years now and have lost patience.
Mean time, you guys are stuck with what you have now; status quo in contract lingo. Status quo now and status quo years from now.
Anyway guys, bye now and buy bonds.
Pilots are leaving Flight Options at an alarming rate. Year to date, over 100 have departed. These pilots are leaving for a variety of corporate and commercial 121 opportunities.
You are not selecting a quality of life at any fractional. You are selecting a life style. You will spend more time with your assigned crew members than your family. You will miss most of the holidays and most of the special family events. You will be the coffee Bitxh for the rich guy and gal in the back. Now here is the good part. It is nice to know that for as long as you remain with the fractionals, no matter which one, you will have reached the limit of your potential in the aviation field. Go to work, stay out X number of days, be coffee Bitxh for rich folks, fight the weather, struggle with maintenance, dispatch, and scheduling and then go home to Pisxed off wife and kids. Oh!, and you will be doing it for peanuts compared to the NBAA average regardless of the state of organized labor within your pilot group.
The Flight Options union drive is under way. But we do not see much organization activity on the road these days. We do not see the stacks of union representation cards in the FBO's and the other Flight Options pilots I see do not speak of the organization effort unless prompted. It seems like the personal "I don't care" factor is at 100%. It is a good bet that the majority of pilots leaving Flight Options were union supporters. I would wager that 75 of the 100 plus pilots departing have sent in the union card. There have not been that many new hires. The constant changes in the pilot roster make it difficult for the organizers to verify the list.
The union vote for Fight Options will happen but not soon. And when the union is certified, it will be several YEARS before the first contract is in place. I have been waiting for almost eight years now and have lost patience.
Mean time, you guys are stuck with what you have now; status quo in contract lingo. Status quo now and status quo years from now.
Anyway guys, bye now and buy bonds.
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