Republic Abuses Flight Crews

[Axel]

The guy who started this thread is a whiny-butt.

 

[DOVPILOT]

What has your MEC been doing about it?

He wipes his ass with the contract

 

[N2264J]

Not sure what ALPA has to do with an IBT carrier...

Before the last RFP, the Delta MEC tweaked their scope clause to allow heretofore "unpermitted" aircraft to fly Delta code in return for bargaining credits toward the Delta pilots contract. Subsequently, more bids came in for Delta flying and said flying was awarded to non ALPA companies: Shuttle America/Republic and Skywest. This was all done without the knowledge or consent of our MEC.

Not only did ALPA remain silent on the explosion of alter egos at DCI that followed, [DCI went from 4 carriers to 10] they engineered it! Would you like to say a few words on behalf of ALPA's alter ego policy and what's happened to "regional" pattern bargaining since Comair's benchmark contract of 2001?

You see, a dollar is a dollar is a dollar at Delta Inc. If the DMEC can conspire with management to keep costs down at DCI, that's more money in the kitty they can negotiate into their own contract.

ALPA pilots selling out ALPA pilots.

 

[PCL_128]

Why don't you send Dan a little more of your money and see how much more of it he can waste? :laugh:

 

[N2264J]

All of you guys that keep saying "if you don't like it then leave" are the reason that things are so bad at the regionals. You need to stand up for yourselves and stop just taking whatever crap that your management throws at you.

And as a status rep at Pinnacle, you left in the middle of contract negotiations to take a job at a non ALPA airline.

Seriously, you have no standing to lecture anybody about anything.

 

[PCL_128]

And as a status rep at Pinnacle, you left in the middle of contract negotiations to take a job at a non ALPA airline.

My entire time at Pinnacle was spent fighting to improve the conditions for the Pinnacle pilots. There's nothing wrong with leaving a regional for a career carrier (that's how things are supposed to work, Mr. Lifer), but while you're there, you shouldn't just take their crap. You should fight to make things better for the guys that come behind you.

Seriously, you have no standing to lecture anybody about anything.

Coming from someone that tried to bankrupt his own union and steal the seniority of fellow union members, I find that comical.

 

[Rekks Inbound]

Just because he has a job, is no reason to not identify problems with their contract and try to remedy them. Last I checked, wasn't RAH in negotiations? Sounds to me like this guy wants a little feedback on his airline relative to others out there. Why crucify him for that, just because he wants it to get better?

By the way, if RAH gets a better contract, it makes it easier for the rest of us to get a better contract when that time comes.

That being said, MESA sucks! Thanks guys:angryfire ! Most of you really do not know of what you do, do you?

Peace.

Rekks

 

[Flyer1015]

There are many flight crew abuses going on at Republic. I dont think people realize that this place isn't much better than Mesa airlines when it comes to employee treatment.
Here are some of the unethical things that go on here:

3-5 hours sits during a trip. On a four day trip you could possibly have three of these. Sitting around the food court in PHL of CLT for up to five hours. Then we continue with our 14hr duty day.

Subpar hotels. Not all are bad, but most are. The company considers a gas station or a McDonalds next door quality food. Some of these hotels are in pretty bad shape or in bad parts of town.

The company refuses to follow the contract. This happens on a daily basis. The company says, "just do what we say and greive it".

We have many 3 or 4 day trips that start at 5am day 1, then finish at 11pm on the last day. So, the first 3 days of our trip we get up at 430am then the last day we don't start until later morning then fly until midnight. This of couse is after a 4 hour sit in PHL food court.
Obviously the company could care less about pilot rest, comfort, and safety.

Our crew room in PHL is a 5x8 bag room. This room has two roach infested chairs and is full of bags. The company calls this the "quite room" I guess this is were we are supposed to rest on our 5 hours sits?

Our CEO is continuously posting letters with his religious based propoganda. I am not talking about a reference or two about the Lord. These things look like they are written by the Pope. He has pushed his religious and political views on us many times. There needs to be some separation of religion and politics here at work. We have people from many different backgrounds.

This is just the begining of some of the things we deal with here at Republic Airlines. This is a warning to all. When and if this place ever starts hiring again, please think about your decision. I dont know many people here that are happy. There are other companies out there that would treat you much better for your hard work.

That's basically Pinnacle, too.

 

[McNugget]

I am not the most experienced person on this board; but am older than 25. I do know that the RAH contract sux and SOME pilots are pretty full of them selves and their RJ!
The ones that I am talking about are walking around with "guppy killer" stickers on their bags, and think that they deserve to fly that RJ for Midwest and are pissed at the Midwest pilots!

RAH: The NEW & IMPROVED MIDWEST AIRLINES!

 

[Axel]

...The ones that I am talking about are walking around with "guppy killer" stickers on their bags, and think that they deserve to fly that RJ for Midwest and are pissed at the Midwest pilots!

hy⋅per⋅bo⋅le

1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.

rhet⋅o⋅ric

1. (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display.

bom⋅bast

1. speech too pompous for an occasion; pretentious words.