Diesel said:
Man if you don't think the company is doing the same thing to you. Wellll.... Just look at frontpage.
the union is just trying to explain our position. It's called hearing both sides.
Not that you would want to do that though.
Diesel - I respect the negotiation process and understand the desire of both parties to explain their side. I appreciate being kept informed as this is very important to myself and everyone else here in the flight center. If you'll check my previous posts then you'll see that I agree that the pilots are important to the company's success and should be rewarded for their hard work.
If the union wants to explain its side, then fine, do that, but stick to the facts and dont introduce baseless allegations, emotion, and attacks on the company, its leaders, or fellow employees. That only serves to erode any support people may have for your cause.
What I do not respect is the derogatory comments that many union members have made about Mr. Santulli, management, and the company. The union has been here for over 30 years and I've never seen it as confrontational and negative as it is now.
I'm very concerned that the union has taken an extremely negative, caustic, and derogatory approach in its negotiations with managment and I dont think these tactics will help you. Would you want to compromise and give things to a group that is personally attacking you and trying to humiliate you in public?
From my perspective, the union is taking the low road and management is taking the high road by repeatedly complimenting the pilot group on its professionalism and never degrading them in public. This is in sharp contrast with the unions approach. As Boisture has said in the roundtable meetings - its about treating people with respect. I just dont see that from the union.
In the end, I'm afraid that all of these vicious attacks on Mr. Santulli, the managers, the company, and even us casino employees will cause injuries to our working relationships that will never heal. The company will never be able to get back to the great place it used to be to work.
Do I believe everything the company says? No.
Is the company perfect? No, but show me one that is. They all have warts, but NJ is better than 95% and I dont care to see anyone (pilots or non-pilots) complaining about what is a very good company. There are a lot of things we still need to work on....particularly on the people side (anyone else notice that HR took away jeans and then took credit for bringing them back?) but most of the time its stupid little stuff that doesnt really matter. The company does a really good job with the big things and that's what I care about (no layoff policy, benefits package, taking care of employees during personal crisis, etc).
