Originally Posted by
Bozo the pilot
"I'll ask you your question in reverse. Why isn't JB management negotiating more like Spirit and Frontier? By all accounts, we are making significantly more progress with much more to accomplish than they do."
BunkF16.
Your words- Direct comparison of the behavior of B6 and Sp/Fr.
Go back and read it.
Not a big deal, I just think we shouldnt be in the same sentence as those airlines- Supposedly, we are a special culture with a "people first" mantra.-- At least thats what the company expects of us.
I'm not responding directly to whomever said this but...
I guess we should count our lucky stars that we don't work at FoxConn making iPhones (with suicide nets and all). Glad JB doesn't have work rules like that! On second thought, I don't think we should beg for pigeon droppings. I wonder if a medical doctor will tolerate 3+ years of negotiations? Why do these companies assume they can treat us differently than M.D.s?
Maybe what we should do is demand dramatic reductions of CEO pay. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to be a corporate executive or CEO. So why do they get paid so much? I'm aware that boards believe they cannot get good "talent" without cushy paychecks and golden parachutes but I don't accept it. I don't accept it because *anyone* could be thrown into a CEO or executive position and they may do no better or worse than the CEO/executive stereotype. Where is the evidence that these career golden-parachuters are actually worth the money they demand?
On the other hand, we have to demonstrate our responsibility to 150+ lives every flight. Who is taking 10 years off their lives from exposure to radiation, non-circadian sleep patterns, neurotoxins such as tricresal phosphate, and various exotic diseases, bacteria, and viruses just from being around so many people?