the pro's and cons of unions in the fractional aviation and airline industry

[hammer2]

Yip, if it were up to you we would be working 15hrs a day, and making a little bit more than the fellow mowing my yard.

 

[pilotyip]

Hi!

no gunguy, you may have read it that way, but my concern was seeing unemployment as I had seen in my past, I had no idea if NJ could afford it or not, it appears they can; good for you guys. BTW Who gets paid $125K/yr for cutting grass, or for a DA-20 pilot $31K in two months for cutting grass?

 

[gunfyter]

You lost me with this grass cutting.

Are you comparing piloting an aircraft with cutting grass?

 

[pilotyip]

gunguy you have to read hammer's #111 response to understand grass cuttting, also my expereince with local 747 gave little confidence in the Teamsters. But as I said above things worked out a lot of our piltos have gone there and seem happy with there move.

 

[Ultra Grump]

BTW Who gets paid $125K/yr for cutting grass, or for a DA-20 pilot $31K in two months for cutting grass?

My gardener. He gets $80/month from me. Seemed pretty cheap to me, as he's here once a week, every week, and does extra stuff I ask him to do every once in a while. He does 20 houses per day, 6 days a week. 120 people, paying him $80/month. $115,200 per year.

 

[FRLWD]

AA hasn't gone into bankrcuptcy. Primarily though, it's because the union leadership chased management up the stairs of the courthouse to stop the filing because they knew that the court would not take lightly to the union not making concessions.

No...........The union leadership refused to make concessions until management would allow them and their attorneys to look at the books so they could make an educated decision on how best to proceed with the concessionary contract. Management agreed and a concessionary contract was ratified.

And when the unions were taking huge pay cuts to save the company, your buddy Don Carty was trying to sneak in huge bonuses for upper management.

That's just the type of leadership that inspires an employee group to organize.

And probably the reason the flight attendants and mechanics refused to sign their contracts until Don resigned.
http://hr.blr.com/news.aspx?id=8417

 

[Stinkbug]

He does 20 houses per day, 6 days a week. 120 people, paying him $80/month. $115,200 per year.

Doesn't sound like he's gonna live long enough to enjoy all that money.

 

[pilotyip]

ultra, he doesn't cut grass in Belleville, it is a six month job there, and don't forget $115K is gross, take home after truck, mowers, gas, taxes, etc is much lower.

 

[imacdog]

Sure Imadog, no junior manning, no forced open time pickup, $37K/yr first day of ground school, incentives for picking up open time, lots of good stuff, loose your medical temporarily, heart condition or something, stay on the payroll, help how with pub revisions, teach ground school etc. In fact we have a lot of stuff better than any union places I have worked. What union place hires 1000TT pilots starting first day a $37K? Tell you what I will send you a copy of our work rules. BTW I really have nothing against unions, at NJ they seem to be doing a good job of sharing company wealth with its employees. However there are limits at what unions can do at marginal operations

YIP you like to state that since this is a pilot board that pilots aren't dealing with facts. Well here's a fact: you left out some of your work rules. Why did you do that? Trying to slant the real truth of working on a 25 minute leash, on call 24 hours a day? Do you think maybe the reason you have to lower your mins to 1000 hours and pay 37k first year is because no one wants to work under your work rules?

 

[Mr. Pebbles]

LOL, of course I'm looking on occasion, but it's not the same balancing a laptop on my knees while I'm in Europe in an airline terminal with a slow internet connection. Furthermore, posting on the boards is not the highlight of my day, it's just a distraction that takes me away from my real life when at the office. In your opinion I'm a wannabe and a hack because I don't agree with your stance on unions. I think that good healthy commentary is what educates both sides of the readership. I spend more time looking at the finer points of CPDLC than I do trying to figure out how to respond to your name calling. Also, why are you keeping tabs on me? It's not OK for me to look and not post? That's a little wierd, you really need to get out more. So, what HAVE you done lately with your union that has provided value to somebody other than yourself or the people your union represents? Let's get back on track Pat and discuss the pros and cons of unions, not how often I check the boards when I'm on the road traveling.

B19, even I am amazed how good of story- teller you are. But lies are easier to fabricate than to tell the truth. They fall apart easier too.