Look what ALPA is up to now............

[Poahi]

This is going to sting for a while. Hope they get it resolved soon.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

In the meantime.. the service to ALPA officers and pilots by the staffers is lacking because of this consuming issue....

 

[PCL_128]

In the meantime.. the service to ALPA officers and pilots by the staffers is lacking because of this consuming issue....

I don't think so. The Unit 1 staffers have been incredibly professional and have not allowed this unfortunate event to affect their performance. Their dedication to the membership is commendable.

 

[DX Rick]

You obviously don't know us very well. I find these actions by the ALPA General Manager to be appalling, and I'm disappointed that Captain Prater hasn't done something to stop it. He's in a very difficult position, as it's really the General Manager's job to handle this, but the General Manager has botched it to such a degree that I believe Captain Prater needs to step in and correct the situation.

I support the Unit 1 staff.

So disapointed that you had to snuggle right up next to him in the ALPA picture?

 

[flynryan15]

So disapointed that you had to snuggle right up next to him in the ALPA picture?

If you look real close you can see a chubby!!!

 

[JoeMerchant]

I don't think so. The Unit 1 staffers have been incredibly professional and have not allowed this unfortunate event to affect their performance. Their dedication to the membership is commendable.

Don't you advocate them "working to rule"?

 

[PCL_128]

Don't you advocate them "working to rule"?

If that's what they want to do, then I would certainly support it. Hell, I've told many of them that they should have gone on strike. A few days of closed offices would have brought the General Manager to his senses and gotten a deal.

 

[JoeMerchant]

If that's what they want to do, then I would certainly support it. Hell, I've told many of them that they should have gone on strike. A few days of closed offices would have brought the General Manager to his senses and gotten a deal.

So why aren't they going on strike?

 

[PCL_128]

So why aren't they going on strike?

That's a question you should ask them.

 

[samballs]

My MEC contributes gets back about 28-30 cents on the dollar. You tell me who is wasteful? I'm glad to see Airtran in ALPA, but the nature of the beast is that the LECs have very real contraints to what they are allowed to spend on. The National staff, however, is largely unencumbered with as many restrictions.

Frankly, I often proposed that we subcontract unit 1 stuff out to an Indian offshore operation. I did it strictly in irony, but it was very interesting watching how our union put the shoe on the other foot to negotiate with those employees. There was no shortage of irony in that process...

Bull, I do union work and the LEC's spend wild at all airlines, everything is always official union dutys, just so they can get a free lunch, dinner, you name it

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Bull, I do union work and the LEC's spend wild at all airlines, everything is always official union dutys, just so they can get a free lunch, dinner, you name it

What do you have to do to get a free lunch or dinner at your LEC?

 

[pilotyip]

Management potential?

There's no need to raise dues. There are plenty of areas to trim the budget at the national level without trimming staff, in my opinion. Adjustments should also be made at the LEC and MEC level to reduce expenditures. I've seen LECs waste incredible amounts of money just because they don't want to send surpluses back to Herndon at the end of the year. That crap needs to stop.

Wow, PLC I did not know you had it in you. You are showing some real management potential. It is now your duty to leave the cockpit behind and start working 22-25 days month 8-5 to make the world a better place. Welcome to the ranks it is great having a man with your experience joining our ranks.

 

[PCL_128]

Wow, PLC I did not know you had it in you. You are showing some real management potential. It is now your duty to leave the cockpit behind and start working 22-25 days month 8-5 to make the world a better place. Welcome to the ranks it is great having a man with your experience joining our ranks.

No, someone with "management potential" would just start cutting employee salaries on a whim, because managers don't have the brain power or desire to run an efficient business; they just want the easy way out.

 

[Colonel Savage]

When do contract talks start between your new union and management?

 

[WayBack]

Words attributed to the eighteenth-century naval hero John Paul Jones. He was doing battle with a British ship when his own ship was badly damaged, and the British commander called over to ask whether Jones had surrendered. He answered, “I have not yet begun to fight.” He and his crew then captured the British ship. His own ship later sank.

http://www.answers.com/topic/i-have-not-yet-begun-to-fight

Wow, well if that isn't self-ownage!
PFT_128 cracks me up. He's always trying to lead with his corny little football locker room, rile them up speeches. But in the end he looks like a fool.
Just like his ALPO sticker they stole from Marshall University.

I heard when PFT_128 was at GIA, he would get himself all psyched up for a flight by playing Celtic music while putting on his uniform, paint his face and yell "FREEEEEDOM!!!!!"
Little did others know, Freedom was the airline he had been rejected from 7 different times.

 

[PCL_128]

When do contract talks start between your new union and management?

Contract talks never stopped. ALPA was at the table with our negotiators for the last negotiating session even though we weren't ALPA yet. Not sure when the next set of negotiating dates are set.

 

[pilotyip]

What then?

No, someone with "management potential" would just start cutting employee salaries on a whim, because managers don't have the brain power or desire to run an efficient business; they just want the easy way out.

So do I read you have the answers, but no management potential? So what does one call a person with the answers and no management potential.

 

[JungleJett]

So what does one call a person with the answers and no management potential.

President Obama....no potential and no ability.

 

[JumpersAway]

The only reason this is going on is because ALPA is utilizing the resources available in the RLA to ensure they still work and still exist for our benefit, as well as to benefit others. What's so difficult to understand about that? Why do some look at this to lubricate the delivery of their propaganda?

 

[PCL_128]

The only reason this is going on is because ALPA is utilizing the resources available in the RLA to ensure they still work and still exist for our benefit, as well as to benefit others. What's so difficult to understand about that? Why do some look at this to lubricate the delivery of their propaganda?

These workers don't work under the RLA. They work under the NLRA. They are able to strike at any time without being released. They've chosen not to at this time.