Originally Posted by
LodyDivots
If that can be done now, without delays, why would it suddenly cause delays? Are you saying that safety doesn't come first, right now, as performance numbers are high? If managemenet suddenly gives you an industry leading contract tomorrow, suddenly safety isn't so important - we'll get the flights out on time.
If you are going to dot every i and cross every t, while in negotiations, to send management a message, claiming safety, then why isn't every i being dotted, and ever t crossed, when not in negotiations. JMHO, but the way it comes across, if, until management gives us what we want, we are playing "safety first", and delaying flights, so our numbers decline, but as as soon as they give us a contract, we'll do whatever we have to, to get flights out on time. In the latter, did safety suddenly go out the window? Seems inconsistant to me.
Okay, I am a sucker and will give you the benefit of the doubt: I guess you are just uninitiated and not a management or lawyer troll.
Currently, my "managemenet" [
sic] does not require a cell phone nor do they pay captains a stipend to have one. All of the CAs I have flown with use their money and airtime to call MX about a write up or dispatch about a bad release. They use their phones to keep pax on time. Otherwise, every discrepancy would require a walk into operations, wait for one of the two lines to be available, call HQ with the issue, then walk back to the plane.
If they did this one thing, our on time performance would drop 20-30%.
In all things there are gray areas. When I look at the tires on my car and see the tread is getting thin, at what point do I replace them. If I am going on a long trip, I buy new ones, but if I will be staying in town for several weeks, let them roll. If I am a professional trucker, those better be brand new!