Republic Airways Continues Attack On Pilot Group With Sham Furloughs

[FSIGRAD]

The purpose of those aircraft was to feed the MKE Frontier operation. I'm not privy to the load factor numbers but I can say we were not flying around empty airplanes. That is several thousand passengers a day that won't be connecting in MKE to ride an Airbus or 190 down to where ever.

 

[Bolo]

relax, take a chill pill. . everyone knows that the F9 operations were not making money in the beginning. . thats why you were bankrupt in the beginning and cant get out of bankruptcy without RAH. they should have left you were you guys belong. at least you would know how it would feel like being laid off. . so relax. . go run and take a quick spa. it will help you

Wrong thread again sweetheart! Cargo is where you should be. Maybe you just put FO B-747 because you want to be one.
I am totally chilling and relaxing. Thanks for your concern.

 

[ms_chq]

Wrong thread again sweetheart! Cargo is where you should be. Maybe you just put FO B-747 because you want to be one. >>> that is why you are old. you cant see or read. im really sorry for your bankrupt airline. try to move on from your small airbus.
I am totally chilling and relaxing. >>> an old man spending countless time on an message board. sounds like loneliness and depressed, just retire, quit, and move on. no one respects any F9 pilots especially you. Thanks for your concern.

try going to a spa. i tell you its the best. its good for your soul. . . . relax old fart

 

[hockeypilot44]

You're blaming IBT leadership but you know darn well all of us IBT members support this lawsuit.

I guarantee you that furloughing 56 people, all of whom are on first year FO pay, is not going to get them anywhere near the funds/saving that they need.

BB has destroyed your airline and you guys still support him and his team of incompetents, it's astounding.

I was against the F9/YX purchase from the beginning but I never thought BB would be able to turn the F9 pilots against everyone else. Thankfully I'm on my last trip with this s*%thole airline. I wish everyone the best, I really do. Specifically, I hope he finds an investor for F9 but he (BB) has sucked damn near all the value out of your airline and that's sad.

Where are you leaving for?

 

[Flying Illini]

Where are you leaving for?

Corporate.


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[ChinaClipper]

Donkey show at midnight.....

Another empty kitchen.....

relax, take a chill pill. . everyone knows that the F9 operations were not making money in the beginning. . thats why you were bankrupt in the beginning and cant get out of bankruptcy without RAH. they should have left you were you guys belong. at least you would know how it would feel like being laid off. . so relax. . go run and take a quick spa. it will help you

 

[Grey Ghost]

Another empty kitchen.....

HA!!!!! Now, that's funny!

 

[trainer8]

You idiots.

This experiment is blowing up in RJET's face, much as it did to Independence Air and ExpressJet previously. Bedford's looking like a fool in the eyes of the board, he's scapegoating us, and you guys are buying it hook, line and sinker, just like you bought his plea for concessions.

Take a look at the BOD roster before you cast dispersions and name calling (typical of FI trollers). The RAH BOD supports him and his decisions.

 

[Axel]

Yeah, do look at the BOD members. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/board.asp?ticker=RJET:US

BB
2 Wexford Capital guys (research the relationship(s) between BB and Wexford)
A TPG guy (Ask the YX guys how things worked out for them with TPG)
Dave Siegel (Ask the USAir guys how things worked out for them under Siegel)
The CFO of US Air under Siegel
One guy I've never heard of

How badly do you think they will suffer if/when RAH implodes? How much sleep do you think they will lose, more or less than you?

 

[BUDDHA145]

He's parking 37 and 50 seat jets and reducing MKE, that's why there's furloughs. BTW, you do realize there are a lot of other people in MKE losing their jobs.

This is correct!! all F9 ground crews in TPA and STL, got the BB blessing!!
uke:BB & WH

 

[jacksjj]

Have you people ever been involved in contract negotiations? This is called hostage taking, and it is textbook.

You guys on here bickering back and forth are only perpetuating the problem. You are all a cancer to this group of airlines.... go away.

 

[Axel]

These may be public executions in response to the IBT lawsuit as well as the contract negotiations, as in:

"If you had gone along with the program, none of this would have been necessary. Now see what you have done. Hey everybody! Now see what they have done!"

It wouldn't be the first time. Remember during the last negotiations BB told ALL the CHQ employees in his Weekly Sermon to the Faithful that the pilots had derailed the United flying. This is a significant and pretty merciless escalation of that tactic (and more cynical if it is related to the lawsuit also) but it is the same tactic. Classic RH.

 

[hockeypilot44]

Have you people ever been involved in contract negotiations? This is called hostage taking, and it is textbook.

You guys on here bickering back and forth are only perpetuating the problem. You are all a cancer to this group of airlines.... go away.

I've never seen a company furlough, hire, then furlough again during contract negotiations without ever signing a new contract.

 

[USMC319]

I've never seen a company furlough, hire, then furlough again during contract negotiations without ever signing a new contract.

That's because it probably never has happened. The IBT has achieved a level of incompetency and lack of leadership that I haven't witnessed in almost 25 years at this game. What is more amazing is how their Republic pilot group can be so OK with it.

 

[SizzleChest]

Hey, BB isn't above trying out new things to try and make guys wimp-out.... especially now that he has more employees than before to try and turn against the IBT. It's funny how F9 guys here cry out "think about the children!!" WRT outstation closures when it was their LOA67 that took pay and benefits away from these people before all of this. We know that the tickets are too cheap and that's why there are no profits from full flights.... How is Airtran full to the gills on the same route where branded is half full now??? I see the increased activity of the IBT as the OPPOSITE of "a level of incompetency and lack of leadership that I haven't witnessed in almost 25 years at this game." as USMC319 posted...

 

[sluggo]

IBT=Idiot Brain Teamsters

That just happened!

 

[StaySeated]

Hey, BB isn't above trying out new things to try and make guys wimp-out.... especially now that he has more employees than before to try and turn against the IBT. It's funny how F9 guys here cry out "think about the children!!" WRT outstation closures when it was their LOA67 that took pay and benefits away from these people before all of this. We know that the tickets are too cheap and that's why there are no profits from full flights.... How is Airtran full to the gills on the same route where branded is half full now??? I see the increased activity of the IBT as the OPPOSITE of "a level of incompetency and lack of leadership that I haven't witnessed in almost 25 years at this game." as USMC319 posted...

You have it backwards, again. First, no one had pay "taken away". Not one employee. Everyone was going to get their longevity and accruals frozen regardless of Loa 67. Remember that little webcast by BB when he described the different pieces of the branded restructuring? He detailed the cuts imposed on the nonrepresented employees before LOA 67 was even writren. The LOA did establish snap back dates for the 401k, sick and vacation accrual, while the unrepresented groups will have to wait until RAH decides to give them back.

I reallize that you have no frame of reference wrt "LOA's", considering the fact that the IBT doesnt "agree" to anything, even if it benefits their membership. (there are 1.4 million members, ya know!)

How are those section 6 Negotiations/Mediated Sessions going? Next month marks FOUR years since the CHQ CBA amendable date. Do you have ONE section TA'd yet?

Great job IBT!!

 

[The Drizzle]

How are those section 6 Negotiations/Mediated Sessions going? Next month marks FOUR years since the CHQ CBA amendable date. Do you have ONE section TA'd yet?

Great job IBT!!

I've stayed away from here for a while and I'm only poking my head back in for this one bit. I see you guys waving this around quite a bit, our lack of progress on the CBA. In fact, the negotiating committee had TAed many sections prior to the Saddest Circus in the Skies' purchase of its new fangled petting zoo and the burning remnants of a cookie factory.

The newly elected representation, with the support of it's membership, decided(wisely) to begin anew. The game has changed and the contract needs to represent that.

It's repeatedly pointed out, by F9 natives, that it is the shortcomings of the IBT that hasn't gotten us a contract by now. I know who my enemy is and its lair is on Purdue Road. I know you guys don't believe us and rather hitch your hopes to BB, but we can't and won't. Maybe we should just agree to BB's terms of a 2% raise for FOs and current book?

CLIFFS: We are increasingly happy with our representation and know who our enemy is.

back to my hole in the ground.

 

[SizzleChest]

You have it backwards, again. First, no one had pay "taken away". Not one employee. Everyone was going to get their longevity and accruals frozen regardless of Loa 67. Remember that little webcast by BB when he described the different pieces of the branded restructuring? He detailed the cuts imposed on the nonrepresented employees before LOA 67 was even writren. The LOA did establish snap back dates for the 401k, sick and vacation accrual, while the unrepresented groups will have to wait until RAH decides to give them back.

I reallize that you have no frame of reference wrt "LOA's", considering the fact that the IBT doesnt "agree" to anything, even if it benefits their membership. (there are 1.4 million members, ya know!)

How are those section 6 Negotiations/Mediated Sessions going? Next month marks FOUR years since the CHQ CBA amendable date. Do you have ONE section TA'd yet?

Great job IBT!!

as already posted, there are only 4 sections in mediation. All else is TA'd status quo so amalgamation will take care of those. And you already know the company's tactics with negotiations the last 4 years and also how the RLA doesn't let us do a whole lot to compel the company.

 

[sluggo]

IBT=Idiot Brain Teamsters

That just happened again!