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Old 07-03-2019, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Cujo665 View Post
They need to start attacking the RLA the same way the civil rights movement attacked all the laws that constrained civil rights. Instead of playing on a rigged playing field, T1224 needs to attack the very law holding back unionized labor action.
The intent of the RLA was to maintain a status quo. Clearly there is no status quo when your work can be given away even while in section six.
While T1224 has PACs working the corridors of Congress, so does the company and they have a lot of $$ in their war chests. One of the chief architects of the 117 cargo cutout was Atlas. They were at the Hill last month with our VP of flight ops to make sure any effort to overturn the cutout goes nowhere. Their mission is simple; get the most work out of their crews for the least compensation, to make the most profit for the corporation. In that they have succeeded.

If unions can’t even amend a safety related matter like the cargo cutout that only has been in place a few years, how likely is it they can fix the RLA that’s been in place for decades?

The most power we have right now is with our feet. These bottom of the barrel carriers need to be avoided like the bubonic plague. Mgt will get the message if that happens but so far that isn’t the environment. Apparently candidates out there don’t do their due diligence, don’t mind working for 50% more at 60% less pay, feel no one else will hire them or just have a hard on to fly a heavy. Our last 74 class 28 were planned and 30 showed up. So hiring is outpacing resignations albeit slowly. In the best hiring environment since 1903 people are still more than willing to sell themselves short and bend over. Mgt is laughing all the way to the bank and will continue to take advantage of those who show up at the door. One of our execs said it best. “We’re just going to continue to throw bodies at seats”.

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