Hurray for the 1108, The RIFed are back !

[netjetwife]

I totally agree, Imac. Rather telling, isn't it?!

 

[imacdog]

Yes it is. Nonunion cargo employees have way too much time on their hands!

BTW congrats to the guys who are getting their jobs back - hopefully the next step will be a good contract to vote on.

 

[netjetwife]

Definitely! If management is smart they'll keep the momentum going. Clearing this hurdle shows that they're getting the teamwork idea at last. That's a logical guess, and if true, it bodes well for putting out a decent TA in the near future. Hopefully, the FLOPS aren't going to waste time with a POSTA. After all they've put the pilotgroup thru that would be a stupid idea destined to backfire. Giving MS the boot raised spirits. Bringing back the wrongly fired pilots is another morale boost. If they want profits to rise, too, the best thing they can do is offer the Options pilots a fair contract guaranteed to motivate them and keep morale going up. Good Luck, guys! NJW

 

[slowjet]

I'm BAAAAACK!!!


All pilots will be contacted, this may take time due to people being on vacation or employeed elsewhere. I was contacted Thursday night.
Now, we will all work on a TA.

 

[netjetwife]

Good news, indeed! Welcome Back, Slowjet!
Your's is one of the posts I was looking for to make it a "done deal". Now that I can stop holding my breath... here's a card for you and your fellow pilots.....

To the Options Pilots and Families, Especially Those Returning--

http://www.bluemountain.com/view.pd?i=194891620&m=1932&rr=y&source=bma999

 

[CastofThousands]

Congrats to the Flight Options pilots. I know a lot of people were in on this issue. Such an action taken by a company was/is worthy of a do or die fight. I commend the Flight Options pilot leadership for sending a strong and clear message that there would be no TA without reinstatement of those pilots taken hostage. The hostages deserve long standing recognition because by and large they were taken out as a result of standing up for the pilot group as a whole. In addition, recognition is due to KR - he could have and should have addressed the issue sooner - nonetheless, he saw the line was drawn.

Sincere congrats to all that stood/stand strong.

 

[Buff]

Thanks

Thanks for all the great words of support (not you B19). I'm very proud of our union and it's membership for being so great during this RIF crises. The TAed CBA is close at hand and I'm looking forward to seeing it for the first time. But right now I'm just happy to say that I'm employed again.

Thanks NJW.

 

[netjetwife]

My pleasure, Buff! I can easily imagine the relief and excitement at your house.
Please pass along my congratulations to those in your group who don't read this board.

 

[B19 Flyer]

Bargaining Chips

Congrats to the Flight Options pilots. I know a lot of people were in on this issue. Such an action taken by a company was/is worthy of a do or die fight. I commend the Flight Options pilot leadership for sending a strong and clear message that there would be no TA without reinstatement of those pilots taken hostage. The hostages deserve long standing recognition because by and large they were taken out as a result of standing up for the pilot group as a whole. In addition, recognition is due to KR - he could have and should have addressed the issue sooner - nonetheless, he saw the line was drawn.

Sincere congrats to all that stood/stand strong.

Stood Strong?

Can you say.... bargaining chips? That's all they were, and the union should have told all the pilots that a mass layoff could happen and they would all be brought back later. Look at the history of nasty union negotiations, it happens again and again.

The union is puffing it's chest out and taking credit once again for something they knew was going to happen anyway and the membership is sucking it up like the kool-aide drinking group that they are.

But if it makes all of you feel good... enjoy.

I'm certain that all of the FLOPS pilots and employees have certainly enjoyed the three or more years of turmoil that the process has brought you. Just think, once the CBA is signed, everybody gets to go through the entire process again three years later.

 

[B19 Flyer]

It's amazing, an hour after a post about unions and the fractional biz pops up and ol B19 is here. Kinda like he gets paid to post as a union buster

Nah, couldn't be, he's just our friendly neighborhood non-union cargo company employee like he claims to be................

Never claimed to be a "neighborhood non-union cargo company" employee, and I'm certainly not a union buster. I just find it fascinating that unions can hurt so many people to protect so few. These 70 pilots only lost their jobs as part of the process. Union leadership should have been up front with people about this and everybody should have known it. It happens over and over. It's part of the process and those that lost their jobs can blame their counterparts for bringing the union onto the property to give them the opportunity to lose their jobs, then get hired back later as a "feel good" and "good faith" part of the bargaining process. If you guys don't see that, than you're all a lot dumber than I thought you were.

Hopefully many of them have gone elsewhere to greener pastures. 1108 will claim success on bringing them back, but will never admit defeat for getting them fired in the first place.