Imissmypilot
Well-known member
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2006
- Posts
- 536
Just when I thought it wasn't possible for our management team to show new ways of depravity and disrespect to our pilot group, we get an email from RH proving me wrong. I know for a fact I'm not the only one who feels this way.
For several days I've wrestled with saying anything about RH’s latest. I don't want to be accused of doing the same thing management has done, and continues to do, by bringing this topic up in an open forum, but I just can't get it off my mind and nowhere else is anyone discussing it except in hushed tones around the FBOs. Our disgust needs to be discussed.
Management has gone one step too far in their latest rounds of PR and self aggrandizement by trading on the death of one of our own crewmembers in an effort to "prove" to us we are treated “like family”. I expect nothing less from a big, bald dummy, but surely on some level these messages are being vetted by upper management. Accordingly, they are all to blame for this latest disgusting "commercial" attempting to curry favor. The other previous examples were pretty bad but this one just takes the cake.
I didn't know SD but by all accounts he was a great guy and a big union supporter. I wonder how he'd feel knowing his death is being used as a pawn to decertify something he felt passionately about? I wonder how his wife and kids might feel to know some of their private moments were shared with a group, including strangers, for the purpose of not recognizing the man their husband and father was but rather how awesome the management team he sought protection from rallied to superhero levels in dealing with the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his death while away on company business?
That letter was disgusting and an embarrassment by any professional standard. It is certainly disgusting and an embarrassment by a human standard.
I read the letter to my own wife and she was horrified. She felt grieved for the family on a whole new level and cautioned me against saying anything just in case it was slightly possible remaining mum might keep the family in the dark and save them from the pain of hearing the details of that email. I truly hope my posting here does not do that but seriously I think it's high time these management's ploys are exposed for what they are: self aggrandizing FUD. Under any other circumstance this could reasonably be any one of us whose life and family will be used as pawns to further their self-catering egos.
I know there are some who will defend management's handling of this incident, including the letter, but I have had it. Fact is they had an obligation to return him home. Fact is they will be reimbursed by our own insurance carriers for their expenses in doing so. That letter was disgusting and puts the family, now in a tough situation of dependence based on benefits payouts etc, in an uncomfortable circumstance of having to decide between survival and speaking up, if it were to come to that being neccessary. (I'm sure if pressed we'd get a statement from RH how he had the families permission to share and how grateful they are to him and Kenn for all their efforts.) I'm not trying to be cold but why should RH or the rest of management get brownie points for doing the minimum? Why should we ignore their abuse because they did something right they were obligated to do right?
There is a very good case to be made for our current workload and schedules contributing to whatever conditions led to his death at such a relatively young age. I'm not going to speculate on anything other than my personal circumstance: I know for a fact between the workload, stress and duty times I am less fit under this management team than I ever was with Bombardier. Despite every personal effort to circumvent it, I just simply cannot be as physically fit under our working conditions based on a variety of issues. And if you told me any differently about yourself I'd consider you a stone cold liar.
Flexjet has had several losses by death in the past year but I suppose because there wasn't as much mileage to be gained (or reimbursements to be had) they went by without much notice. I guess that's what makes this stunt by RH so easy to recognize as such. It is is disgusting. I just can't believe management has stooped to this all new low but the proof is in the pudding. I am mad they abused the death of a colleague to further their PR associated agenda. And you should be too.
My father always told me the only good someone does that counts is good he doesn't take credit for. I understand that more clearly now than ever today. I guess that's something the boy scouts don't teach. When did they start ignoring common decency and respect?
For several days I've wrestled with saying anything about RH’s latest. I don't want to be accused of doing the same thing management has done, and continues to do, by bringing this topic up in an open forum, but I just can't get it off my mind and nowhere else is anyone discussing it except in hushed tones around the FBOs. Our disgust needs to be discussed.
Management has gone one step too far in their latest rounds of PR and self aggrandizement by trading on the death of one of our own crewmembers in an effort to "prove" to us we are treated “like family”. I expect nothing less from a big, bald dummy, but surely on some level these messages are being vetted by upper management. Accordingly, they are all to blame for this latest disgusting "commercial" attempting to curry favor. The other previous examples were pretty bad but this one just takes the cake.
I didn't know SD but by all accounts he was a great guy and a big union supporter. I wonder how he'd feel knowing his death is being used as a pawn to decertify something he felt passionately about? I wonder how his wife and kids might feel to know some of their private moments were shared with a group, including strangers, for the purpose of not recognizing the man their husband and father was but rather how awesome the management team he sought protection from rallied to superhero levels in dealing with the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his death while away on company business?
That letter was disgusting and an embarrassment by any professional standard. It is certainly disgusting and an embarrassment by a human standard.
I read the letter to my own wife and she was horrified. She felt grieved for the family on a whole new level and cautioned me against saying anything just in case it was slightly possible remaining mum might keep the family in the dark and save them from the pain of hearing the details of that email. I truly hope my posting here does not do that but seriously I think it's high time these management's ploys are exposed for what they are: self aggrandizing FUD. Under any other circumstance this could reasonably be any one of us whose life and family will be used as pawns to further their self-catering egos.
I know there are some who will defend management's handling of this incident, including the letter, but I have had it. Fact is they had an obligation to return him home. Fact is they will be reimbursed by our own insurance carriers for their expenses in doing so. That letter was disgusting and puts the family, now in a tough situation of dependence based on benefits payouts etc, in an uncomfortable circumstance of having to decide between survival and speaking up, if it were to come to that being neccessary. (I'm sure if pressed we'd get a statement from RH how he had the families permission to share and how grateful they are to him and Kenn for all their efforts.) I'm not trying to be cold but why should RH or the rest of management get brownie points for doing the minimum? Why should we ignore their abuse because they did something right they were obligated to do right?
There is a very good case to be made for our current workload and schedules contributing to whatever conditions led to his death at such a relatively young age. I'm not going to speculate on anything other than my personal circumstance: I know for a fact between the workload, stress and duty times I am less fit under this management team than I ever was with Bombardier. Despite every personal effort to circumvent it, I just simply cannot be as physically fit under our working conditions based on a variety of issues. And if you told me any differently about yourself I'd consider you a stone cold liar.
Flexjet has had several losses by death in the past year but I suppose because there wasn't as much mileage to be gained (or reimbursements to be had) they went by without much notice. I guess that's what makes this stunt by RH so easy to recognize as such. It is is disgusting. I just can't believe management has stooped to this all new low but the proof is in the pudding. I am mad they abused the death of a colleague to further their PR associated agenda. And you should be too.
My father always told me the only good someone does that counts is good he doesn't take credit for. I understand that more clearly now than ever today. I guess that's something the boy scouts don't teach. When did they start ignoring common decency and respect?
