Originally Posted by
OTZeagle1
I appreciate everyones thoughts. The union has no control at this point, they are the six grade spelling champ, taking on the High School State wrestling champ. They can use great words up to a certain point but make no mistake about it, they are about to get their ass kicked. It will be public, it will be purposeful and the six grader will have zero control. There will be no showing the numbers, “no proving the furlough”, there will just be a giant furlough. I think a better relationship, a better tone, would have yielded significantly better results, but We said “No favors, No wavers, burn it to the dirt”, management is about to respond in kind. Maybe we would have arrived at this point no matter what, I really believe it’s the result of the #angry8, and #183/63. Maybe there is a great union victory ahead for us, many years from now. I have just never seen one of those, just a lot of rhetoric, a lot of talk. Many new faces, angry and vocal, promised to deliver such a victory, they said they had this. Seems maybe not as easy as they let on, maybe they are not as smart, not as capable as they so proudly once boasted.
So I am an AA guy so please take my comments as bathroom reading material but after reading some of the post I am wondering what otz thinks any union is gonna be able to do about staffing decisions. I ask because in our case we still have 1300 surplus pilots after the APA and AA did an admirable job of mitigation. That said if AA decides to furlough us I fail to see how it would be the fault of the APA. Mitigation of no mitigation no union will be able to stop furloughs as staffing levels are completely the per-view of the company. Also I have never seen concessions that actually prevented furloughs. That said good luck to all AS pilots.