Originally Posted by
FurloughedX2
I think the IPad haters think the company should take care of the employees first and foremost by giving us a decent contract, and then worry about ipads and paint. After the last decade and all we've been through, I get it. However, I flew a corporate gig during my 1st furlough that used efb's that were fairly large and cumbersome compared to the IPad. They still ROCKED! When I went back to UAL and had to carry a flight bag and do Jepp revisions, I wanted to shoot myself.
The company is spinning this into publicity about being modern and eco-friendly. In negotiations they're stalling while hundreds of millions of dollars continue to go from our pockets to theirs.
I think the unions should direct that no pilot sign for an iPad until "safety-related issues are worked out regarding the training and implementation of this technology." Let them sit in a warehouse and let the company suffer the negative publicity of not thinking the issue through, just like their train-by-bulletin and staff-by-junior man practices.
I agree that doing revisions is about the most pointless exercise out there, but what is more frustrating is knowing every paycheck is a lot less than it ought to be. It feels like I'm paying the company each month.
They made a half billion dollars. They're upgrading the fleet and refurbishing terminals at a price of nearly two billion. But they can't discuss our scheduling section with us in a rational way?
IPads are a welcome relief. So is a little sunshine to a hostage, but they're still a hostage.