My 1st Gulfstream Airlines Jumpseater

[Mr Wu]

Ok, following that logic, there's lots of other people that you need to be giving a hard time also.

1. Delta green-slippers: these guys have been picking up open time for the past five years at straight time, allowing the company to keep the furloughed pilots on the street all this time.

2. Pilots at USAir, NWA, DAL, AMR, etc...: All of these pilots accepted concessionary contracts that increased their productivity. This allowed management to keep the furloughed pilots on the street.

3. SWA pilots: Pilots at SWA go way above and beyond to get flights out in 15 minute turns. They do everything in their power to keep their productivity up. With productivity this high, management doesn't have to hire a lot of pilots that would otherwise be necessary.

You get the point. Do you berate these pilots? Do you deny them jumpseats? Of course not, but they meet the definition you gave above. PFT is certainly wrong (and this comes from someone who made that mistake years ago), but attacking these guys is juvenile. Only SCABs and pseudo-SCABs from places like Freedom and GoJet deserve this kind of treatment.

If you want to spout facts, go somewhere else. This is flightmisinfo, dammit!!

 

[Fly2Scuba]

Ok, following that logic, there's lots of other people that you need to be giving a hard time also.

1. Delta green-slippers: these guys have been picking up open time for the past five years at straight time, allowing the company to keep the furloughed pilots on the street all this time.

2. Pilots at USAir, NWA, DAL, AMR, etc...: All of these pilots accepted concessionary contracts that increased their productivity. This allowed management to keep the furloughed pilots on the street.

3. SWA pilots: Pilots at SWA go way above and beyond to get flights out in 15 minute turns. They do everything in their power to keep their productivity up. With productivity this high, management doesn't have to hire a lot of pilots that would otherwise be necessary.

You get the point. Do you berate these pilots? Do you deny them jumpseats? Of course not, but they meet the definition you gave above. PFT is certainly wrong (and this comes from someone who made that mistake years ago), but attacking these guys is juvenile. Only SCABs and pseudo-SCABs from places like Freedom and GoJet deserve this kind of treatment.

Not quite, Mr. former GIA. There is a sliding scale of infinite reasons to question industry practices in regard to pilot contracts and related items. GIA happens to fall on the much farther end of the of the slime side of the scale then the examples you listed.

 

[blackbox]

Ok, following that logic, there's lots of other people that you need to be giving a hard time also.

1. Delta green-slippers: these guys have been picking up open time for the past five years at straight time, allowing the company to keep the furloughed pilots on the street all this time.

2. Pilots at USAir, NWA, DAL, AMR, etc...: All of these pilots accepted concessionary contracts that increased their productivity. This allowed management to keep the furloughed pilots on the street.

3. SWA pilots: Pilots at SWA go way above and beyond to get flights out in 15 minute turns. They do everything in their power to keep their productivity up. With productivity this high, management doesn't have to hire a lot of pilots that would otherwise be necessary.

You get the point. Do you berate these pilots? Do you deny them jumpseats? Of course not, but they meet the definition you gave above. PFT is certainly wrong (and this comes from someone who made that mistake years ago), but attacking these guys is juvenile. Only SCABs and pseudo-SCABs from places like Freedom and GoJet deserve this kind of treatment.

PUH-LEASE do not compare these guys to GIA PFJ pilots......I work at the same place you do....with our crappy pay, we are closer to GIA pilots on the sliding scale of scum than the ones you mentioned above. SWA pilots are very productive and is the reason for being the highest paid pilots for the equipment they fly.

I thought Delta has recalled everyone....the concessionary contracts suck, but there is nothing wrong with companies trying to get more productivity from their employees. They are still within FAR, unlike that crap Jetblue is trying to pull. the days of 300K while working 12 days a month are gone. I like ALPA, but I know part of the reason why airlines have failed in the past is because of extraordinary labor costs. Company/Management serves the Kool-aid, but ALPA has its share of it too.

 

[ReportCanoa]

Was he jumpseat qualified?

 

[The_Russian]

Who cares. Fly and enjoy your life.

 

[Papps]

It took you 2 minutes to read that?

Reading hurts brain