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Old 10-11-2017, 06:32 PM
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When someone starts spouting “national” I read it the same as “lizard people”. It just misses the mark on how things get done. ALPA National is an awesome support structure, and an advocate for the profession as a whole. But all politics is local is true. Each group determines what they’ll accept. At AS, we’ve sadly accepted 92% for so long our management believes they’re entitled to it. WE have to change their minds. Not national, not the MEC. US.
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Old 10-11-2017, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Just a Lurker View Post
You're spot on. But it will never happen. Those residing above 13 Coins are too entrenched and skilled at the bureaucracy to ever let go of their grip. And the VX MEC has no backbone. They'll be swept aside for business as usual soon enough.
Ha. No backbone?? Uhhhhhhhh ok. Keep telling yourself that
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Old 10-11-2017, 11:54 PM
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The primary architect of Alaska's contract becomes an Alaska Legend and isn't he on the committee for the JCBA for the AS side? If that's true then what more do you need to know.
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Old 10-12-2017, 10:18 AM
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Shy, not sure what you’ve “heard” but no one on the AS side of the JCBA is a legend.

Are you referring to MR, who is retired?
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Old 10-12-2017, 10:56 AM
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Interesting points.....but can we keep this off the Hiring thread? I'd like some Seniority....and a bigger pilot group which will have more power.
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Old 10-12-2017, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Thrill View Post
When someone starts spouting “national” I read it the same as “lizard people”. It just misses the mark on how things get done. ALPA National is an awesome support structure, and an advocate for the profession as a whole. But all politics is local is true. Each group determines what they’ll accept. At AS, we’ve sadly accepted 92% for so long our management believes they’re entitled to it. WE have to change their minds. Not national, not the MEC. US.
Absolutely correct, the virgin pilots and MEC is very upset with things and if it is thought that we are weak boy oh boy will there be an eye opener. Most virgin pilots are from places that treated the rank and file so poorly they are no longer in business. There is a wdgac attitude and it is growing. Just look at the performance for the **** poor fifty scratches a month. We don’t give a c about it and the performance shows. 90% of us have been there done that
and are more than willing to let angle lake fail in spectacular fashion. Pilot demand is very high and the leadership is to snow blind to see it.
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Old 10-12-2017, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by GearBoy View Post
Wynncompany,

I understand. No one likes to hear that their baby is ugly.

It's very simple. IMO, Nothing's changed there, at Alaskan Airways. The very fact that Alaska is yet again beholden to arbitration says it all. IMHO, Alaska would have already had a negotiated contract if during negotiations:

Alaska pilots did not fly Premium/VSA/time-and-a-half
Alaska pilots did not sell back vacation
Alaska pilots did not work on vacation
Alaska pilots did not work on days off
Alaska pilots did not build their lines up to 117 max

It's an unwritten rule that you do not do things like these during negotiations. Jeff Parker @ American did not do the "right thing" out of the goodness of his heart. He saw the writing on the wall. American pilots spelled it out to him.

You are only as strong as your union. What people forget is that the Union is not an MEC or a negotiating committee. The Union is the pilot in the seat next to you. If he or she is flying premium or VSA during negotiations, the Union is weak. By that definition, the union at Alaska is VERY, VERY weak, then and still now.

Companies, including Alaska, only understand a few things. They understand canceled flights, delayed flights, and increased training costs due to pilots leaving for greener pastures. Right or wrong, you do not get the contract you deserve. You get the contract you demand. Right or wrong, it is the reality under the RLA. (BTW, Where are the completion and on-time rates at Alaska? At Virgin?)

No, things have NOT changed at Alaska. It's the same thing all over again.

No matter the outcome of your arbitration, it'll only decide a few items. Alaska pilots will still be stuck with the same crappy work rules and lack of QoL at an airline with the longest list of unsettled grievances. They'll be facing openers in just two years, openers and section six negotiations with the same disingenuous approach from management.

As far as your ad hominem attacks against me, I will not respond in kind. I never have gone there. I will not start now. I refuse to stoop. However, in response to your latest attack, I will only repeat along the lines of what I said last time:

Take a deep breath. Take another bite of your PayDay candy bar and wash it down with another swig of Kool-aid. Heck, finish them both. Alaska has plenty more where that came from; because, Brad Tilden, the Cooch and Tom Kemp love you long time.

Lastly, Don't worry about me. Living well is the best revenge.
Drop the ****** Mike! This should be required reading for everyone on the property and getting hired. Well Said! Sad but oh so true...
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Old 10-13-2017, 08:12 AM
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Old 10-14-2017, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by EskimoJoe View Post
Arbitration is on the table thanks to ALPA merger Policy, not the Alaska Pilot group. There was never a choice not to use arbitration in this process. It was predetermined by ALPA National.
Eskimo-schmo,

You are wrong, plain and simple. The reason you're in arbitration is because negotiations failed.

Why did your negotiations fail? Because there was no real reason for your company to come to the table. Completions rates and on-time performance was in the 90's. Why fix what isn't broken?

In the end, your company didn't have to come to the table because Alaska pilots didn't make them. Many Alaska pilots sat passively, waiting and hoping for their company to do the right thing. Still many more greedily fed at the trough, trading away everyone's chance at any real gains for their selfish short-sighted $hort-term profit. In both cases, there was no need for your company to seriously come to the table.

Gordon Gekko was right. Greed is good. Especially if you're management-

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Old 10-14-2017, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by MiLtoMajor123 View Post
Interesting points.....but can we keep this off the Hiring thread? I'd like some Seniority....and a bigger pilot group which will have more power.
That's just it. Perspective hires are the ones that need to read this the most. They need to know what they're getting themselves into at Alaska. An educated decision-

Bigger pilot group does not necessarily equate to more power, especially if the island is filled with even more misfit toys-

Ironically, things probably won't get better there until Alaska yet again has problems attracting and retaining, just like when b-scale went away.

In the meantime, get ready for a lowering of hiring qualifications and a streamlining of the hiring process. That's my prediction. College? Grades? Sim ride? Total time? PIC turbine? Interview process? Application windows? They're going to do whatever it takes to get as many minimally qualified pilots through the pipeline before the supply dries-up. A minimally experienced yet barely qualified is NOT what the average pilot wants to sit next to. But, it is good enough for management, a warm butt in the seat-

My prediction is for more misfit toys on your island.

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