TonyC
Frederick's Happy Face
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I expressed interest in the concept when I first learned of it. I was curious. Was it voluntary (sounds good to me) or mandatory (sounds bad to me)? Yes, we did discuss the concept of "expected." When somebody "expects" me to routinely do them a favor, the whole act of volunteering takes on a whole new flavor. In any event, y'all had me convinced it was, for the most part, voluntary.Eagleflip said:TonyC, you seem to have a long-standing issue about JB'ers helping clean the cabin. In a previous thread, you went to great pains trying to identify the semantic difference between the concepts of "expected" or "voluntary" with regards to our help with the cabin cleanup. I thought your interest was somewhat peculiar, but hey...everyone is interested in different things. Now we go back to a familiar, if not thoroughly beaten, thought in this thread.
The job posting seems to indicate otherwise.
On this point, we agree.Eagleflip said:I for one do not support this new statement in the job description.
You might find this difficult to believe, but yes, I am. I believe you deserve to be treated with respect. I believe the way you are treated affects the way I'm treated, and vice versa. If you're volunteering to clean the cabin, you maintain your respect, and you gain the admiration of those you help. If you're expected to clean the cabin, your respect is whittled away into something less than professional. Furthermore, if you're reduced to a common worker who can, coincidentally, program the FMS, you shouldn't expect to ever earn the wage of a professional pilot. If every pilot in the industry except Jet Blue volunteers to give up per diem, I believe Jet Blue would expect its pilots to give up per diem, too. We're in the profession together.Eagleflip said:For what it's worth, why is this issue so important to you? Are you truly worried about our working conditions?
I'm not wrapped a bit, but it would appear that there IS an axle here.Eagleflip said:TonyC, I simply think you are too tightly wrapped around this non-existent axle.![]()