Originally Posted by
bkey79
Hah I'm far from a recruiter, and if you look at my post history, I try to stick solely to my experiences. I've never felt like the union hasn't had my back, nor have I ever felt like anyone in management was out to get me. Actually quite the opposite, my experiences with management here have been really good. But that might go back to the fact that I fulfill my end of the contract, which is what every pilot at every airline is hired to do...
As far as the guy getting the unhireable status, sucks man and I actually feel bad as I would hate to be in that situation. But if you are doing 65mph in a 55mph zone and get a ticket, I don't think "But I was doing 95% of the speed limit" defense is gonna work... was it harsh, ya pretty harsh, but unfortunately you did break an agreement...
The problem is you get on hear with the conclusion that Gojet has not done bad things to you so they must not do bad things. There are many people who had no problem with Gojet for several years until they became inconvenient to Gojet for some reason. When that happened the contract and the laws did not mean a thing to Gojet.
You say that you "I've never felt like the union hasn't had my back", have you ever needed to have the union have your back? Let us know what happens when you need them. Do you know there are grievances that have been outstanding for 3 years that Gojet is fighting them even being heard? Do you believe that the Union had their back? Perhaps they did, but it shows how weak the contract is or how good GJ is at avoiding it.