Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Call your reps and tell them what you think. They have a Special Meeting tomorrow, and I know that many of them want more info on the RJET issue.
ACL65,
Why do our Reps want to hear from us about RJet? What's for us to tell them? Is it their typical response to a scope violation:
(1) Do you have incontrovertible evidence (that we can't sweep under the rug) ?
(2) If there is a scope violation found, what do you want for it ?
No other contractor of mine has billed me over $1,000 this year and followed up the bill with questions like, "you want me to do the job you paid me for, or just let it slide?"
The DPA is flat out not the answer, but as ALPA abdicates it's role as enforcer of our contract, the DPA is going to find more and more desperate converts.
Jet A in the wing at a rough average of $3.30 a gallon puts the question of furloughs and job protection provisions back on the table. As Boyd states "no airplane flying today was designed with these kind of fuel prices in mind."