Union Starting at Airnet

[pilotyip]

Teamsters info

Here is a good reason not to have the Teamsters. I was a dues paying Teamster's member and when my company went out of business, the only thing they did for me was take dues out of my last check. Watch out what you ask for because you might get it. Could it be the company is going through hard times, with the end of fly by night check shuttles coming to an end?

 

[aviatornick]

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let me say this, and i probably shouldn't b/c i don't have much experience in the matter. if airnet is doin so bad as some of you say, then why are they hiring so many people? they can't be in that bad of shape! their company seems to be doin pretty well if they're buyin new challengers! im proud to say that i at least have an interview with them and if i do get the job, id be a proud employee.

 

[IP076]

Its not that the Company is doing bad, its that they seem to keep sticking it too the pilots....

They're hiring quite a bit because people have left to the Regionals, Fractionals, and even some to SWA. I also think that they are hoping the tremendous amount of new folks who are just happy to have a job will vote "no" to a union and keep it off the property.

I'd also be really careful with the Teamsters....what, Lakes hasn't had a contract for like 45 years or something!!

 

[Magneto]

"The fact of the matter is, is that people only come to work here unless they don't have the time for anyplace else or they can't seem to get an interview anyplace else (in most cases)."

Hmmm...not so my fellow Starchecker. People come here to avoid the low pay at the regionals, before they move on to the heavy metal. Sure there are those who come to build time to move to the regionals (pretty crazy move), and then there are those who come here to get their multi turbine PIC hours built up to move to somewhere else like SWA, Frontier or the likes much faster then those who took the regional path.

As far as the Union goes...I will not state any preference on a public board since most of you here know who i am and where i am based...I do not want to lose my job for voicing any opinions here. Some of you other Starcheckers might want to do the same.

That's why I inserted "in most cases". I am the person you explained. I couldn't and didn't want to live off of 19 grand a year. I wanted to come to Airnet for that reason. But I suspect that with the way the industry is now with the regionals taking everyone they can get their hands on, most people have Airnet as a backup. Not everyone.

As for the union talk. I completely agree. We do need to be careful about what we say on a public forum. You never know when big brother might be watching.