Busdriver320
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- Nov 13, 2007
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hyflyin,
I read that thread as well and agree it doesn't jive with the direct comment to me from a flight ops manager. Time will tell which one of them is right, and I am guessing DC is closer to the truth.
Ralph,
Mgmt is going to say whatever they have to to keep stringing us along as long as possible. The latest, as I'm sure you've heard, is that DC has been heard to state he "wants our pilots to be the best paid in the industry". GMAFB!
I'm done being strung along. The whole notion that we aren't making money is pure BS with a giant load of whipped-cream on top. No investor(s) anywhere, ever, in the history of the world would have eaten these losses for so long. The "investors" or "owners" are making a fine return on their money, period. Anyone who believes otherwise is a fool who buys into the you're-lucky-to-have-a-job nonsense and DC, SRB, and the hedge fund owners just love how stupid they are.
I could care less if it takes 4-5 years to obtain a contract. Since the last sections negotiated are always the compensation ones, that part of our demands will just simply just have to increase for each week/month/year we work for less than our peers so that the end result is the same as the measley $1-2 they're "voluntarily" handing out every year. 9% as BW said in the infamous letter? Try about 2% as was mathmatically posted on our private forum by someone. Yet another instance of deception.
And 'VAPA" isn't the only way to go as some have posted. There ARE other options besides ALPA or IBT. I heard recently that one of our Capts was told by a TWU organizer who was working with the F/A's that TWU wanted us and B6 pilots as they don't currently have any pilot groups in their fold. Maybe that's worth looking into? I mean, they DO represent people in the transportation industry, right?
On another topic, I just love the self-congratulating they give themselves on the hiring they do too. These are the folks that hired some tool that showed up in a tee shirt and sweats to jumpseat, and another who glued some plastic kid's wings on an an ECAM, and another who left one of his own who was trying to go home at the gate and pushed 8 minutes early even though the jacka$$ knew the guy was coming, and another who threatened to divert if he didn't get a 1st class meal served to him, and how many other "golden eagle awards" you've heard about? And how many people here have had rec's either turned down or never even given a chance to begin with?...plenty. I'll bet you could find at least 4 out of 10 guys that would tell you they couldn't get a really good person in the door.