What did your company do for Christmas?

[suupah]

Just wondering what other airlines do for their employees for the holidays. Cards? Bonus? gift certificates? or NOTHING.

MY company.....NOTHING.

 

[Gobi Gred]

Free 12 lb. turkey. Same as last year. Better than getting nothing. The previous company I flew for gave us 6 filet mignons from Omaha Steaks one year for Christmas. That was a nice gift!

 

[wmuflyguy]

paycuts

 

[mamba20]

"leaves of absence's" which in human terms means voluntary furloughs. Now they can junior man and extend the holy piss out of us.

 

[Beechnut]

AWAC got us dinners on Thanksgiving and again on Christmas. I wasn't around for Thanksgiving, but I'll be sure to get some food on Christmas. From what I can remember, this is the first time they have done that. (I think.)

A step in the right direction...

S.

 

[405]

They didn't get us anything. I'm happy I still have a job.

I bought myself a headset for use at work because my company is too cheap to get us new handsets.

 

[ShyFlyGuy]

AWAC got us dinners on Thanksgiving and again on Christmas. I wasn't around for Thanksgiving, but I'll be sure to get some food on Christmas. From what I can remember, this is the first time they have done that. (I think.)

A step in the right direction...

S.

Suupah, you must work for... they're watching... I can't say. I know who you're working for, because I got the same.

Beechnut, I'm going to have to find the AWAC ops and help myself, do you mind?

Shy

 

[Dutch]

Nada at Eagle

 

[LearLove]

1999 US Air gave mainline and wholly owned guys a tin of cookies.
2000 US Air gave mainline and wholly owned guys a block of cheese.
2001 Nada
2002 Nada
2003 Nada
2004 Nada
2005 Nada, although this year I did get about 8000 in stock which I sold but that is in very great thanks to one hard-driving line pilot and a smart lawyer, not to mention the pockets of 300 or so MDA pilots now known only as US Airways pilots.

How screwed up is this industry?.... I'm now a mainline pilot but I never flew at the "offical mainline" and I'm now furloughed but I've never been furloughed.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

When I got hired by USAir in 1999 some of the Captains I flew with told me every monday that I won the lottery. (when classes were going on weekly)

Like most lotto winners I must've spent my winning on cheep hookers and booze! <grin>

Now i'd sell my "mainline" seniority number on Ebay if I thought it would sell for enough for me to buy an Extra Value Meal.

My current employer held a charity event for a local center for the care of abused children. They had photographs with Santa (who flew in on one of our airplanes), a silent auction, face-painting, bake sale, and lots of rides and games for the children. They raised thousands of dollars. The company then matched a certain percentage of the money we earned. Really felt good to help out.

For the employees? Time with the family = Priceless. The holidays off through the new year.