acaTerry
SAPM
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2001
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1-Free benefits
I agree.
2-live wherever we want, no comute
Incorrect. Where we want out of the bases available, but with all the limitations and exclusions, it will affect your ability to make money and control your QOL. Clearly this was a loss and the system we are surrendering is better.
3- hotel, airline, amex points
BFD. I have seen so many knock-off hotels that the points are not there anymore. Airline? I live in PHX, in my 11th year at NJA and it took until just a few months ago to get status. And wow, its AA...gollygeewhollickers its just awesome
4- free crew meals (an airline guy will spend $200- $300 bucks on a 4 day trip)
I'd rather pay out of my pocket and get healthy food, or choice of what I eat. The salt infused 3 day old leftovers packaged in Saran Wrap is not good food. At least order our food from the same places as the owners (like it used to be before Suckall).
5- 4 weeks vacation
Agreed until the new Section 19 where you lose the value of two vacation days per vacation because the schedulers can move additional days into your month and the moved days do not get reduced by vacation days.
there are worst jobs outhere
It is "out there", two words. And this is a loser's argument because if we keep saying that we risk letting ourselves become one of those worse jobs instead of holding ourselves up. "Oh the stove is on fire but the rest of the house is OK, so why fight the fire? I'm not worried about it because there are worse fires out there".
Above in red.