He's not still wearing a kilt, is he?

 

Did he hurt a girl in Campinas?

 

I can't wait to get a coffee mug and mouse pad with some sort of new logo. But mostly, I can't wait to get that patch for my backpack!

 

This rumor might have legs. I'm hearing it too. Who's in line?

 

After reading JC's comments in the positive rate today my eyes were opened wide to the new management initiatives. I think if Management actually wanted to right the ship they could by speeding negotiations, Fixing all disputed pairings, Bringing back the hongkong 4,Reducing two leg outbounds.

I cant wait to see the logo suggestions from this creative group.

In reality if they could just make work more fun by maybe having clowns in little cars roam the hub and give me a free mousepad i might just jump in line.

 

All our issues will be solved by new uniforms...It shows compliance to the rules, and if we can wear a uniform and comply with those directives, it makes us better, safer pilots. Can't forget the hats...

(I remember reading that one of the basic rules of thumb in war, is the side with the simplest uniforms wins...because they aren't wasting their time on petty BS and rules, but devoting their time to the craft of warfare...anyone got that list, post it BTW...had something about "friendly fire isn't")

That along with new posters, with such catchwords as "Teamwork", the mousepads, the pens...and cool lanyards...

Again, I'd be happy if my fleet captain would have just answered the 3 emails I sent him in the past week, that I've yet to get an answer to. I would write his boss, but from what I have heard, the fleet captains are doing the work of 20 people and are barely able to keep up with the daily crisis management - and my guy is a good guy, so if he isn't responding, he is truly elbows and *knuckles* trying to get stuff done.

BTW, what is the ** rumor? Please illuminate us? Since his son in law got hired, I guess his mission in life is complete...

Glad we had this little chat.

 

Come on guys --- all of this is clearly explained in the latest copy of the Harvard Business Review.

Free copies are now available in Memphis in that empty magazine rack across from the sleep room check-in area.

 

Agree, I thought those two communications were very well timed.

Who posted first?

I thought JC actually beat PC to the punch and published first....???

If so, even better.

 

Great timing on the management post as I received my positive rate weekly email. Our new MEC Vice Chair wrote a great article that every FedEx crewmember should read and follow.

 

If JC had been paying attention when Marty Levitt addressed the pilots at an FPA rally in 1998 he wouldn't be learning this stuff for the first time. If he had read his book, Confessions of a Union Buster, he wouldn't be just now learning about the union busting tactics.

The thing is, the management initiatives are nothing new at all. They're the same old thing repackaged. The last time, the culture surveys were called brown bag lunches. Both are ways to deal directly with the pilots, a way to work around the Negotiating Committee, the Collective Bargaining Agent, in order to find ways to divide and conquer the pilots.

When the Association was notified that The Company would begin the Culture Surveys, the Secretary Treasurer gave the MEC a heads up and told them it was OK since they wouldn't be talking about any contract stuff. Several members of the MEC were quick to recognize this as direct dealing, another form of brown bag lunches, and urged the MEC Chairman to address the membership and warn them of the union-busting tactic. Our warnings and urgings went unheeded.

So, more than 2,000 pilots participated in the surveys, 46%, the highest response rate ever. Additionally, 40 pilots underwent hour-long personal interviews. It's a shame we can't get that kind of participation on Negotiating Committee surveys.

Nothing new under the sun. It just takes some people longer to learn, and when we fail to learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it.


The message we're getting is that it's OK for management to circumvent the Negotiating Committee, and it's OK for MEC officers to ignore the judgment of the SIG PSIT and voluntarily fly disputed pairings. With this kind of resolve, I have to wonder how deep the concessions will be on our next TA.


I don't need a coffee mug, I don't use a mousepad with my laptop, and I don't need a patch for a backback. I sure hope they make up some stickers, too.





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