well that was quick.....

[BentOver]

Of course I was thinking some sort of vaginal issue

 

[pilotyip]

Why is it when someone is happy with their job, they must be a stooge or a managment plant?

 

[G4dude]

I wish you a speedy recovery, G4. And I'm glad you will have your flying job to return to after your recovery is complete.

FMLA doesn't guarantee that.

Thanks for the good wishes. I gotta ask a dumb question, what is FMLA? I am not good with acronyms, among other things.

 

[G4dude]

Why is it when someone is happy with their job, they must be a stooge or a managment plant?

To be fair to my detractors, I tend to only come out when a hot button Union issue is on tap, because I don't like the union philosophy, as you might have noticed. So it appears like I am a hired gun, one using blanks, of course. Cheers!

 

[G4dude]

Of course I was thinking some sort of vaginal issue

I've been married for 29 years, don't talk to me about vaginal issues. The things that issue out of...never mind.

 

[CA1900]

Why is it when someone is happy with their job, they must be a stooge or a managment plant?

Netjets has used management plants on this board before. (Hi, FamilyGuy!)

 

[G4dude]

Netjets has used management plants on this board before. (Hi, FamilyGuy!)

If they do use plants, so what? You guys have overwhelming numbers, we all know that.

 

[gret]

Thanks for the good wishes. I gotta ask a dumb question, what is FMLA? I am not good with acronyms, among other things.

Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)

 

[imacdog]

Why is it when someone is happy with their job, they must be a stooge or a managment plant?

Being happy with a job is one thing, I think we can all agree on that. What tipped G4's hand was his nonchalant reaction to the idea of losing a job because someone came in and offered to work for less. Saying "Oh well" isn't the response of someone who does this for a living. Unfortunately for G, he bit off too much in his attempts to be argumentative against those he considers union supporters and ventured into the just plain ridiculous. Only stooges like B19 and FamilyGuy do stuff like that.

 

[G4dude]

Being happy with a job is one thing, I think we can all agree on that. What tipped G4's hand was his nonchalant reaction to the idea of losing a job because someone came in and offered to work for less. Saying "Oh well" isn't the response of someone who does this for a living. Unfortunately for G, he bit off too much in his attempts to be argumentative against those he considers union supporters and ventured into the just plain ridiculous. Only stooges like B19 and FamilyGuy do stuff like that.

You are wrong, as usual. I only have said what any free marketeer would say, from Adam Smith to Hayek to Friedman to Stephen Moore to Ronald Reagan. I would absolutely HATE to lose this job. It would devastate my family financially. But the job doesn't belong to me, so I do my best to perform in such a way that NJA doesn't feel the need to replace me. So far so good.

 

[G4dude]

Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)

Thanks!

 

[imacdog]

Backpedaling once you've been figured out doesn't work, G.

 

[G4dude]

Backpedaling once you've been figured out doesn't work, G.

It is good exercise, though!

 

[squonk]

To be fair to my detractors, I tend to only come out when a hot button Union issue is on tap, because I don't like the union philosophy, as you might have noticed. So it appears like I am a hired gun, one using blanks, of course. Cheers!

Me thinks ye proteseth too much...

 

[fischman]

Thanks for the good wishes. I gotta ask a dumb question, what is FMLA? I am not good with acronyms, among other things.

Seriously? You have never heard of FMLA?!?

Who honestly believes a word this person types?

Wolfie? Gutshot? Is this guy for real?

My head is sore from all the facepalms.

 

[squonk]

Seriously? You have never heard of FMLA?!?

Who honestly believes a word this person types?

Wolfie? Gutshot? Is this guy for real?

My head is sore from all the facepalms.

Yep, our boy jumped the shark on that one!

 

[LAZYB]

Or go fly for another company who paid me more. Which I am looking at doing now, due to the activities of our beloved union.

Where do I forward the job leads?

 

[G4dude]

Seriously? You have never heard of FMLA?!?

Who honestly believes a word this person types?

Wolfie? Gutshot? Is this guy for real?

My head is sore from all the facepalms.

We don't spend our time discussing all this contract/ workers rights stuff when we fly. We talk about our 401Ks, sports, the weird and wonderful workings of the Female brain (thanks Alistair MacLean), politics, our favorite restaurants, our kids and grandkids, stories about unusual things we have experienced in the plane to watch out for, President Obama, guns (some of us, not me), airplanes, golf, our favorite destinations, the ridiculously complex STAR we will have to comply with with in several hours, the worrisome thing we hope the union won't do next. We don't think management is idiotic or criminal. Our culture is just very different, that's all. Ask the "A" guys and gals who came over, if you don't believe me. Ask them how much they enjoy being here, watch them smile. We don't have the contract memorized, in fact, we hardly know what the highlights are. I haven't looked at that thing in months, perhaps I should. We just fly and have fun and hope the company prospers, so we can continue to fly and have fun.

 

[G4dude]

Where do I forward the job leads?

Send me a private message! All info treated with discretion!

 

[wacoflyr]

G4, if (god forbid) someone you love becomes seriously ill, so that you have to be by their bedside 24/7 caring for them, you will quickly become familiar with the FMLA, and you will bless the people who created it. Every family that has had children since the '90's knows about it. The FMLA is one of the few acts that makes our country a little more civilized in how it treats its citizens. Brought to you by unions and the Democratic Party, with, to be fair, some help from moderate republicans. Many a manager has tried to ignore it, or to pretend that it does not work the way that it was intended. Luckily for every one who draws a paycheck, it does.

Waco