Is COEX going on strike?

[kman]

Just wondering, hear that picketing is going on in hou, ewk and cleveland

 

[blzr]

Strike starts tuesday @ 8:00 sharp. be there, or just go flying.

 

[kman]

Strike starts tuesday @ 8:00 sharp. be there, or just go flying.

funny ..... did u think that up all by ur self?

 

[blzr]

no, actually had a committee. they set up a focus group and found it totally offensive to most pilots. John Kerry thought striking was a good Idea while W. thought it wouldn't be prudent. So the focus group came back to me and said I could post a sentence as long as one half was offensive and the other half was not. Thus the OR GO FLYING part of the sentence. The cencors and 4 out of 5 gynocologists approved, so I posted it.

 

[kman]

You might want to check with those gynocologists about that nasty yeast infection. It might help out with that ur problem(s).

 

[mmmdonut]

/gets popcorn

 

[AviatorTx]

It's too early to say for sure, but a strike is looking more likely all the time now.

Management is not evening willing to come close to Comair rates as of yet (profit sharing don't count), and this crap has been dragging out for a while now. This pilot group will NOT settle for less than Comair. We will raise the bar, or shut this piss-ant place down in a strike. Bring it on, I say....

Oh yes... THANKS JET BLUE!!!!

 

[flybrowntails]

im a little out of touch with other airlines (esp. pax)-- what are the hot issues

(schedule, compensation, qol issues, retirement, benifits...wait those are our issues)

 

[AviatorTx]

im a little out of touch with other airlines (esp. pax)-- what are the hot issues

(schedule, compensation, qol issues, retirement, benifits...wait those are our issues)

I would say #1 is a dead even tie between scope and hourly rates. It does not matter how much you make if you don't have job security. They (mgt) don't want to give us scope and they want profit sharing to be part of the hourly rate package. BS!

We have closed retirement and done well there.

The meaty issues of scheduling (QOL) are still open. We want trip and duty rigs, the company is saying no.

WE ARE PICKETING ALL THREE HUBS TOMORROW!!! (July 26)

 

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[TEXAN AVIATOR]

Plot thickens, I must be working excessively these days; I had no clue about JB.

 

[PadFull'oTrim]

COEX will never get Comair rates. Look at the rates they have now. That would be too large of a jump for management to sign off on. Strike away guies. See where that gets ya.

 

[KingAirKiddo]

COEX will never get Comair rates. Look at the rates they have now. That would be too large of a jump for management to sign off on. Strike away guies. See where that gets ya.

At least when all is said and done they won't be embarrassed to say who they work for.

Best of luck ExpressJet guys and girls!

 

[N8Dogg]

COEX will never get Comair rates. Look at the rates they have now. That would be too large of a jump for management to sign off on. Strike away guies. See where that gets ya.

At least some pilot groups seem to have a back bone as opposed to others. Good luck gals/guys. That was guys not guies.

 

[nimtz]

Strike away guies. See where that gets ya.

Sure does hurt to be put down by someone who can't spell GUYS.

 

[Heavy Set]

Beyond the pay issue, will Coex order EMB-170/190s in the future? Any predictions about scope and whether this could happen?

 

[nimtz]

Beyond the pay issue, will Coex order EMB-170/190s in the future? Any predictions about scope and whether this could happen?

I hear the rumor every week that 'order is in as soon as contract done.' I don't believe it for a second. First CAL has to get scope relief from mainline, which I fear they will since alot of mainline guys are scared silly about their retirement and the fact that everyone else has 70+ seaters at their respective regionals. Next most likely enters a given regional with a pilot group that is willing to fly the 70 seaters for less then what we hope to get for the 50 seaters. Wonder who that might be? On an 'unrelated' note I heard a Skywest captain the other day talking about how he totally sure come 2007 Skywest will get a big chunk of CAL flying. How wonderful our career earnings are looking as of late...

 

[Lear70]

Rumor has it that you guys are headed back to the mediation table finally... after relaxing some of your demands to the NMB...?

Word had it that you had been "put on ice" by the NMB because they didn't agree with you guys asking for CMR rates or anything near it, and that you had to back off a little to be allowed to mediate again.

Problem with wanting to go on strike is that the NMB has to let someone do that: "being released into self-help". I agree that the fine folks at XJet should be allowed to determine their own fate but wonder what the NMB will and won't allow (I also agree that the NMB shouldn't have as much say as they do in what is "fair" for the XJet crews to demand, but that's an entirely different story).

Just trying to get a grasp on what the current situation is in relation to the NMB position over there. Good luck!

 

[Nova]

Rumor has it that you guys are headed back to the mediation table finally... after relaxing some of your demands to the NMB...?

We went back to the table last week but I don't believe that occurred because of relaxed demands. Those several days didn't go well so we're back to picketing.

 

[flap operator]

Carefull Coex boys and girls... when Scope and pay are the top priorities, your negotiators will certainly cram scope down your throat and "sell" you the benefits to this. Don't let it happen like it happened at XJ! How sharp is the whipsaw at Coex? If it isn't as sharp as a Freedom or a Mesaba/Pinnacle/other feeder/NWA whipsaw then it may not be THAT important. Also remember... if you push for strong scope, don't complain about the CO boys and girls following suit and scoping you out of 70 seat jets for example. It's a 2 way street.


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