You guys talk about dropping into the office to sort out a problem but that's not always possible or convenient.
This is especially true if you don’t work for the company. NJW speaks from experience on this.
If it gets complicated and/or is on-going it's helpful to have a Steward working on your behalf so you can focus on flying.
Everything is complicated for NJW as she doesn’t work in aviation and has no personal experience to draw from. I’m certain that NJW would rely on the steward, but she doesn’t work at NJ or in aviation.
NetJets Association pilots value the help they receive from Stewards and are glad to have a level playing field. An arbitrary, self-help process is prone to inequities.
How does she know this? She doesn’t work for NJ.
Those casual "drop-in" arrangements favor those who've been there longer. What if just the week before a fellow pilot had the same situation come up...but he was better friends with management and got a different answer to his question?
She would have experience in this, because only casual “drop-in” arrangements are the only thing that can happen for non-employees.
Discussions with management are fine for pilots comfortable with that venue, but not everyone is, especially in sticky situations when you have to stand up for yourself.
Of course she doesn’t work at NJ and has never spoken with management there as an employee so she can’t talk from personal experience.
The DIY method just isn't fair.
That is because in NJW’s world, unions need to speak for her, unless somebody else points out her shortcoming, in which she will write pages to explain herself.
Furthermore, if there's no written rules to follow, management can unilaterally make them up as they go along--that's not right either.
There are always written rules, HR policies etc. However, as a non-employee that thinks everything is in a contract, she wouldn’t know that.
Compounding the problem, different managers can have differing opinions.
Duh….
Operations should be consistent so that the pilots always know precisely where they stand and that they are all being treated the same--regardless of who they speak to or when their problem occurs.
I’ll say it again… Duh…..
Even assuming no favoritism ever occurs , people can, and do, make mistakes.
NJW is a union supporter that supports a SCAB list so this statement is useless and pure doublespeak.
A grievance is just the name of the well organized, fair process used to correct infractions that happen in a busy operating tempo. About those "Referees"...
NJW, how many of these hearing have you personally been involved with? How would you know this, because it SOUNDS like a good idea? You need to get into the industry and work in it before you make blankets statements like this.
It has to be recognized that NJA likes the Steward on Duty program because it improves efficiency.
NJW doesn’t work there or have any personal experience in this. How does she know this?
Stewards are respected by both management and the pilotgroup. As for Committees...
Once again, a matter of opinion (see above). But how does she know this, she doesn’t work in aviation or at NJ.
They are a great way for the pilots to have an input into operations that directly affect them.
Once again, how do you know that? What personal experience do you draw from and what evidence do you have that it works better than at a non-union carrier such as CS?
Service is voluntary and those who sign up enjoy the opportunity to share their other talents with the Company and their fellow pilots.
Here we go again with the voluntary line. Do they get paid or are they volunteering and getting a stipend for not flying and doing union business instead? Doesn’t sound like a volunteer, sounds more like a paid employee.
They like being part of solutions and working as a team to make things better for all involved. Here's a good example...
You are not part of the team, so how can you offer this statement as fact. You don’t work at NJ, you don’t work in aviation and have nothing to contribute. This is just an opinion, right?
Under the leadership of the talented UTC Chairman, the Union Training Committee helped NJA streamline training.
Once again, based on what facts can you say this has occurred? You don’t work for NJ, you’ve never been trained as a pilot there, and you are assuming that your husband has helped to streamline training there. Even so, it’s up to the FAA and management to determine if training has been streamlined.
That saved millions of dollars which helped fund the IBB pay raise and signing bonus.
You don’t work for NJ yet feel empowered to make this statement.
Needless to say, NJA pilots have a high regard for the excellent work that comes out of the committees and a lot of respect and gratitude to those pilots who serve for the greater good.
How can you make this statement as a non-employee?
Like any important relationship, you get out of it what you put into it.
Maybe you should go to work there and see what it’s like. Then your posts would hold some creditability.
You can sit on the sidelines and complain, or you can pitch in and help create an Association (and a company) you can be proud of.
Looks like you need to pitch in, roll your sleeves up and try working in aviation for a living rather than telling the rest of us what it’s like and how we should do it.
Luckily, enough motivated, talented volunteers chose to do the latter and the results of their efforts are being enjoyed by the entire pilotgroup and NJA, as a whole.
Damn, if I got paid to volunteer, I’d be motivated too!!!!
Many improvements have been made thanks to work done by the various joint committees.
Once again, an observation from an outsider that doesn’t work at NJ and has no clue what an “improvement” in aviation is.
Kudos to everyone involved! NJW
