Letter from Mikey / FLOPS

[Voice Of Reason]

Haven't received anything yet...anyone else? Any bets on what it says? Considering his history and shattered ego he uses to guide this business, I'm betting on it being out of seniority layoffs, or the veiled threat thereof. (THIS IS ONLY MY GUESS before the rumor mill starts). He's pulled every other page from the "We can do whatever we want to you" book, so it seems the obvious and inevitable approach from such a scumbag.

ps-- for those who didn't listen to the weekly announcement, he was very "forlorn" about the recession he has deemed us in and will be sending letters to our homes explaining the effects this will have on each of us.

 

[Frac Cap]

It almost sounds like this letter is analogous to the captain sounding the alarm to man the life boats and abandon ship. How many guys are we going to loose from this now?

All the fractionals are hiring, and growing. He is now saying we will be shrinking even more. He is trying to blame all his screw ups on the economy. who could possibly be to blame for a company that is shrinking when everyone around us in this industry is growing and buying planes? Maybe we are loosing customers because of record disservices. Which is caused by low moral, which is caused by stress, not knowing if there will be a job in a month, which causes low immune systems, which causes more sick days, which causes lack of properly crewed planes, which causes more passenger disservices. It is an unfortunate endless circle.

NO, THIS IS NOT AN INVITATION FOR YOU, MR. B19 TO OPEN UP YOUR PIE HOLE. JUST SIT DOWN.

 

[WabiSabi]

NO, THIS IS NOT AN INVITATION FOR YOU, MR. B19 TO OPEN UP YOUR PIE HOLE. JUST SIT DOWN.

remember, B19 is a propaganda opportunist and will try to milk this with his drivel for everything it's worth. count on it!

 

[nomore]

just my guess

Forced overtime and all vacations cancelled.

 

[dash_trash]

B19 will blame the Big Bad 1108 for all the disruptions to service, the loss of customers, Mikey's cold and the not to distant end of the world ... can't wait to see what he says. uke:

 

[Galaxy]

Just another waste of money to print, and mail something to the pilots when he could have just said it in an email to all Blackberrys. I hope it is his resignation letter.

 

[jetwash]

It is just part of the propaganda game he is playing now that the negotiations are getting to the money issues.

Just a little FUD to be sent home to your family so your wife can help talk you into flying a broken airplane :laugh:

 

[skanza]

All about the pilots...

I guess this letter is speaking only to the pilots in the company according to you folks. Because there can't possibly be any other employees that work at FO. Let alone, ones that would be affected by a change in operations.
Typical.







Now, I'll go back in my hole as you'll probably request of me in the coming posts...
Also, typical.

 

[dime line]

I guess this letter is speaking only to the pilots in the company according to you folks. Because there can't possibly be any other employees that work at FO. Let alone, ones that would be affected by a change in operations.
Typical.







Now, I'll go back in my hole as you'll probably request of me in the coming posts...
Also, typical.

You can organize as well. Its not my/our (pilots) problem if you want to get sht on by the company. We have benn getting sht on and we did something about it. What are you doing about it? And do you really believe what mikey has to say in a letter?

 

[Frac Cap]

I have not seen the letter. But I am sure it will talk about cut backs in aircraft deliveries due to tough market conditions and the economy. Truth be told, he has to accomplish two things, FUD because we are getting to the money part of the contract, and an excuse for why he is loosing market share in a growing market. If he can't crew his existing aircraft, then there is no way possible that he can crew new aircraft. The only smart thing is to postpone the new aircraft delivery that would only be sitting uncrewed causing us to loose even more money. When we loose 17 pilots in one week, lord knows where we will be when we finally negotiate a contract. For that is the only thing that could stop the mass exodus of employees.

We see right through this letter, he could have used the Black Berry to save money. What a con job.

 

[dash_trash]

Sad truth is that even with new planes the grand total will not change by much if any. The Phenom is supposed to replace the BeechJet. Mikey is not looking for growth in any form, it would go against all he has accomplished in his aviation career. :angryfire

 

[ToTheStars]

Mike has to make a couple chops into the staff and crew. He will resign. You all will get the last laugh knowing what a mistake RAC made in hiring him. Finally, he will have to try to sell his house. Which he will take a huge loss. Waaaa. Nobody will want him. He will remain unemployed.

XXOO

 

[Ticker]

Mike has to make a couple chops into the staff and crew. He will resign. You all will get the last laugh knowing what a mistake RAC made in hiring him. Finally, he will have to try to sell his house. Which he will take a huge loss. Waaaa. Nobody will want him. He will remain unemployed.

XXOO

I so wish that would be the case. Douc#bags bags like him and his ilk usually make sure they have a golden parachute. It's usually something like the corporation buying his house at an xyz value based on some bs "metric" struck upon years before the rust belt entered it's depression.

What a limp wristed, dead fish handshaking weasel! :angryfire

 

[netjetwife]

Ticker, you know executives will only work under a contract that benefits them--regardless of what happens to the company, or how lousy of a job they do. MS wouldn't dream of working without a contract. But he wants the Options pilots to... He needs the black boot!

Frac Cap, you nailed it! During the NJ contract dispute the Company produced a propaganda video to tell all the pilots how broke NJA was and couldn't afford professional wages. What irony. In hard times there is no budget for unnecessary items, but they hired a film crew to produce the FUD and then spent thousands to FedEx it overnight to every pilot. Following orders not to keep it , I wrote return to sender and handed it back. The poor (read with sarcasm) company who claimed they couldn't pay my FO husband a livable wage sent their boomerang DVD right back to our house--overnight delivery again. So much for being broke. After that stunt, it was a pleasure to see Boisture get the boot.

When the FLOPS realize that the FUD and propaganda aren't going to make the pilots cave in to corporate greed, they'll get serious about hammering out a contract. Companies truly in financial trouble look for efficient solutions--quickly. They don't waste money and run off the workforce they can't afford to replace...

You hold the moral high ground so dig in your heels and insist on fair treatment/compensation.

 

[chickenwolf]

its "losing" not foot loosing...Good luck though!

 

[Voice Of Reason]

still crickets here...

 

[B19 Flyer]

You can organize as well. Its not my/our (pilots) problem if you want to get sht on by the company. We have benn getting sht on and we did something about it. What are you doing about it? And do you really believe what mikey has to say in a letter?

1108 is failing miserably at FLOPS. For over a year now, all I see is whining on this board about how terrible it is.

If the leadership at 1108 was all that great, headway would be happening there and there wouldn't be a stalemate. 1108 would be able to overcome any "barriers" put up by management. Instead of doing what NJW says, and "WIN" a contact, they should try to "negotiate" a contract, and that isn't going to happen.

At NJ, 1108 chose the richest fractional first, and now that they are dealing with one without pockets as deep, the truth is now showing about how they will react when the going gets tough.

NJ pilots need to pay close attention to this, because when the economy gets tough and meager profits NJ is now enjoying fade and vanish, what is happening at FLOPS will happen at NJ too.

You wanted a union, you got it. Enjoy.

 

[choppengruven]

1108 is failing miserably at FLOPS. For over a year now, all I see is whining on this board about how terrible it is.

If the leadership at 1108 was all that great, headway would be happening there and there wouldn't be a stalemate. 1108 would be able to overcome any "barriers" put up by management. Instead of doing what NJW says, and "WIN" a contact, they should try to "negotiate" a contract, and that isn't going to happen.

At NJ, 1108 chose the richest fractional first, and now that they are dealing with one without pockets as deep, the truth is now showing about how they will react when the going gets tough.

NJ pilots need to pay close attention to this, because when the economy gets tough and meager profits NJ is now enjoying fade and vanish, what is happening at FLOPS will happen at NJ too.

You wanted a union, you got it. Enjoy.

Spoken like a true idiot. Go eat a another booger.

 

[B19 Flyer]

Ticker, you know executives will only work under a contract that benefits them--regardless of what happens to the company, or how lousy of a job they do. MS wouldn't dream of working without a contract. But he wants the Options pilots to... He needs the black boot!

Are you ignorant or what?

Executives are offered a contract. If the company doesn't like they contract, they don't hire the employee. Simple and fair process.

Unions force the company to accept a contract based on what the union "thinks" is fair. The company, the shareholders, the rest of the employee group do not have an option even if it puts the entire company in peril as has happened historically through the history of unions, regardless of the industry. Very complicated and unfair process.

Not the same thing, and you really don't understand this stuff do you?

Your statements about the necessity to "win" a contract, not negotiate and your complete disrespect for non-pilot employees show your complete lack of understanding of how unions affect a company.

 

[Hobbes]

The village idiot is back!

Two quick things...the union doesn't "choose" a company to go after...the employees choose a union, because mgmt has made the job so sh!tty that they need one.

People whining about how terrible Flops is? YES - but that is because mgmt makes it a sh!tty place to try to earn a living. I love how you make the UNION's point with everything you try to say...

B19 is one of the best advocates any union could ever have! Keep it up Bud!