Originally Posted by
aceinthesky1
I hit a nerve…
you are correct I don’t fully understand how negotiations work. I logged in and listened for an hour and a half. I wasn’t happy with a lot of the responses to the questions presented. I was giving my honest opinion on a townhall that i feel did not give me much confidence in what is happening at our company.
contract time line? Pay, benefits
grievance?
work conditions? Day trips
if the company is violating the cba why isn’t something being done about it?
if you google airline unions: Airline unions allow employees to negotiate better pay, benefits, working conditions, and safety on the job. Unions also give employees a stronger position when dealing with airline management by allowing them to address issues as a united front.
Again i am really asking, what is the union doing?
ask anyone not holding a union position what they thought of the townhall and you will get similiar thought.
what woukd I do? Hold their feet to the fire
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...=1000661423069
What you did was show where there is a need for education in the face of a frustrating process. We are hiring a lot of pilots for whom this is their first union job, first flying job outside of CFI, and for some - their first ever job.
Pilots new to this process are hurting us all by sounding off before educating themselves. The union sends out tons of comms, has podcasts, airport sits, PUB events, and the DART system to get questions answered.
When I hear pilots asking for "the union" to hold the company's feet to the fire, I hear someone who hasn't educated themselves about the process. We are bound by the grievance process set out in the contract. There isn't anything more to "be done about it."
The AFA is making a lot of noise to appease the FAs about status quo violations (hint - changing the complexion of the pairings isn't one) and Major disputes (where none exist) triggering some sort of self-help. They've done a disservice to their members and wasted a bunch of their money.