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Arrogance.....I have been accused of that before......
Ignorance......Not when it comes to ALPA and unions in general. Have 20 years dealing with that, but haven't received my "pin".
You seem to be thinking that if JB wants to change the terms of my "contract" that they can just do so. To change the contract, they must go through a process. It gets vetted through our own inpromptu committee, much like an MEC. Only after I sign it do the terms of my agreement change. Not someone else. In 2001, JB management gave a retro payraise after it was suspended by the working pilots after 9/11. The pilots gave up the raise to keep the company in the black and growing and the company showed their appreciation by giving it back retro without being asked. Show me a company that has done that without a grievance!
Case in point......JB was facing a large off balance sheet, non cash expense related to stock option vesting. They gave everyone the paperwork and the choice whether to accelerate their vesting or to not. It was up to the individual pilot and their own tax situation. Most went with the accel vest because it saved the company money and didn't hit them tax wise. Others chose to opt out and not take a potential tax hit.
JB may lose money this quarter and for the full year. I have seen nothing that indicates they are changing the way they do business. Our management sees the value in working for a common goal. They expect no less from us. If you want to work for a company that spends enormous amounts of energy butting heads over trivial work rules and hourly pay....that is your choice. I have worked under those conditions and while it was more lucrative for me to be at that company, it didn't last. We are all here for different reasons, but we all are here to make JB a success. If that means I have to work a little harder than you do, then so be it.
As far as our management, it took me several months to even believe what they say. Now I trust them to do the right thing. Believe me, if they don't, they hear about it and if there is enough evidence to support that they didn't do the right thing, they rectify the situation. The point is not everything has to be a knock down, drag out fight to the death that most think this business should be.
BTW, who should I blame for giving away my job, my pension, and my families financial stability? I can put a large amount of it on just the fact that it is business. But, my job disappeared and magically two more jobs appeared at other airlines. How did that happen?
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