Originally Posted by ebl14

1. What power does the union have to tell the company how many hours the new hires will have?

2. A few things your dues pay for: contract negotiations, contract administration (enforcement), grivence process, implementation, retainers for excellent Aviation Lawyers, an excellent staff of aeromedical experts and doctors to keep you on the line if something happens to you... etc the list goes on.

I don't think that anyone should be getting hired with no interview. This is a job, not a hobby. There has to be some type of screening process. Just because someone when to flight school A, or was furloughed from airline B doesn't mean they automatically deserve a job here. This is an issue to take up with the company. The company is trying to get warm bodies in seats that are going to be comitted to staying at Pinnacle long term (because they do not have enough expierence to go anywhere else). They have to hire hundreds of pilots now and will have to backfill for attrition in the future. The company knows that eventually the feds will put in a higher hour requirement and applicants will dry up fast, I'm guessing the furloughs will get many more offers at that time. Is it right? Hell no, it's reality.

When it comes to having MEC meetings many times they search for the cheapest place to reserve multiple rooms + meeting areas. Vegas is actually a very cheap place to hold a conference because of all the different hotels competing for business.

These guys get no monetary return for giving up nearly all of thier days off (in busy times 3-4 days off a month) to represent us. I have no problem buying them a steak every now and then.