Originally Posted by
Gearjerk
TSquare has also stated similar statements in the past. WE NEED TO START ACTING LIKE PROFESSIONALS (investment style employees), INSTEAD OF ACTING LIKE HOURLY HELP. (When you're furloughed, you could even be thought of as (seasonal) hourly help.
This is absolutely wrong, and it's why ALPA buys into the 4833 concessionary nonsense.
Management knows we hate being considered hourly employees. So they bring in the negotiators, show them some confidential pie charts, and use some five dollar management buzzwords. Viola, now ALPA is "part of the team," and as such can be manipulated to do things "for the good of the company" and not necessarily for the good of the pilots.
We are hourly wage earners. We are not managers or executives. Of course it's possible to be professionals, and add value to the company in such a capacity. We show that every single day.
But we are not now, and never will be, managers or executives. Let's stop fooling ourselves any differently, because we do so at the peril of our leverage at the bargaining table.