The Fix Is In

[rajflyboy]

It pays to have friends in high places

 

[doh]

At least five guys senior to him were passed over.

 

[Imissmypilot]

Right on cue, just in time to set in fears of furloughs and a downturn in profitability that management is trying to "deftly counter" in terms of market trends, a call for voluntary early retirement to stave off the need for "more drastic measures" gets emailed out to the pilots.

Is it just me or there a playbook or something they really do follow? I know several of the Union people predicted exactly this would happen. Interesting.

I guess they know the stall tactics they are playing out in federal court will only work for so long and they need to set the stage now for the eventual arbitration proving they can't afford a netjets type CBA.

Don't believe the hype. If they spent just a portion on the contract of the millions spent fighting the union, we'd be the best paid pilots to ever sit in a cockpit.

The audacity of these people. Seriously? I didn't think it could get more ridiculous and then this happens.

Every time they have a chance to actually win some support they just make the union option look better and better. And poorly timed. Today is the last day pilots have to pay their dues. You'd think they would have at least waited until tomorrow to make such a bad chess move.

 

[shanes123]

It's actually a very good move. There you go again under estimating KR. We are furloughing pilots. So the majority of these non union supporters which is 49.9% aren't gonna shell out money to a union they don't support and then get furloughed on top of that. They are gonna save every penny they can hope the union goes away and KR takes care of his loyal followers.

 

[jetwash]

Now the million dollar question...

Will KR furlough the Flex pilots in order of senority starting with the Flight Options transfer pilots going first or will he come up with a bespoke procedure?

We all see from the lawsuit that he really cares about his pilots senority list.

Afterall, employees are the foundation of a service company.

 

[Imissmypilot]

He's not going to furlough anyone. The threat of it looming on the horizon is the goal. The real trickery is in the shell game antics he's sure to be employing to dilute the balance sheets. Crafty mother, that one.

If I had any respect for devious ingenuity and ethical imperfection, I'd be in awe of this guy. It's funny, I have talked to a half dozen pilots who won't ever join the union because of the evil teamsters. Yet they are willing to work for this guy? Unprotected? I'm sure Kenn appreciates the vote of confidence in his business practices with every sell out not willing to pay their dues and even encourage others in the fool hardiness of that thought process.

Has it ever occurred to them perhaps good old Phil (1folinepilot on here) has an alterior motive to giving out so much misinformation. Afterall, he's never missed an opportunity to be a MIGS. So why does he want you to miss out? Think about that.

After today's announcement, I expect more than a few Flex pilots will be scrambling to get their dues paid by midnight. I know for a fact there's one guy who paid online today who wasn't planning on it until today's letter came out.