If I am not mistaken, Bob Herbst was a TWA pilot that now is at AA. He was great with numbers and a spread sheet. Nice to see him still contributing, good article, I like all pasta.
If I am not mistaken, Bob Herbst was a TWA pilot that now is at AA. He was great with numbers and a spread sheet. Nice to see him still contributing, good article, I like all pasta.
If I am not mistaken, Bob Herbst was a TWA pilot that now is at AA. He was great with numbers and a spread sheet. Nice to see him still contributing, good article, I like all pasta.
Close...Bob was an Ozark pilot, then TWA, then AA. There's a slight difference, that in itself!
I got this article passed on to me. Looks like it's written by a pilot (had to take out his picture in uniform) but none the less I think it is very relevant. Thought you all might like to see and comment on it:
Airlines: Some Costs They Can't - And Shouldn't - Cut
by: Robert Herbst October 31, 2009 | Seeking Alpha.com
In the past seven years, while inflation increased by 20%, the average hourly cockpit wage cost for the average passenger fare dropped by 29%. .
In the last century. we would go on strike if the company wouldn't give us a big enough raise. Now we vote in how big our paycuts will be.
Somehow, we have managed to become our own worst enemies. As long as we accept being manipulated by our executives, articles like this one will continue to be written. We as a group get fired up when people like Mr. Herbst go thru the trouble to point out how easy it would be to pay us what we are worth. But, in the end, somehow it will be forgotten when contract talks come around again. It's very sad.
We'll see what happens in the next round of talks. But, we need to elect union leaders who have a pair.
New K Now
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In the last century. we would go on strike if the company wouldn't give us a big enough raise. Now we vote in how big our paycuts will be.
Somehow, we have managed to become our own worst enemies. As long as we accept being manipulated by our executives, articles like this one will continue to be written. We as a group get fired up when people like Mr. Herbst go thru the trouble to point out how easy it would be to pay us what we are worth. But, in the end, somehow it will be forgotten when contract talks come around again. It's very sad.
We'll see what happens in the next round of talks. But, we need to elect union leaders who have a pair.
New K Now
Very well said. This cannot be emphasized enough! The key is in electing and supporting union leaders who understand this. Vote accordingly.
Close...Bob was an Ozark pilot, then TWA, then AA. There's a slight difference, that in itself!
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Ozark was purchased by TWA in March 1986. If X was on property and a CA for TWA in 1986, then he is/would be a CA for American right now.
But X is furloughed. So X had not even interviewed with TWA when Ozark was bought. Yet he holds a grudge.
I'm an AA pilot. Bob posts alot on our APA website. I rarely agree with him, but here I will just say that X you need counciling.
I've flown with two ex TWA CA's at AA on the 757. Both were super great guys to work with. One ex OZ, they each had their side of the story. But I was thinking silently "You're still talking about 1986?"
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Ozark was purchased by TWA in March 1986. If X was on property and a CA for TWA in 1986, then he is/would be a CA for American right now.
But X is furloughed. So X had not even interviewed with TWA when Ozark was bought. Yet he holds a grudge.
I'm an AA pilot. Bob posts alot on our APA website. I rarely agree with him, but here I will just say that X you need counciling.
And this is relevant to the validity of the article how?
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