GoJet question
#101
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Joined APC: Jul 2008
Position: Left
Posts: 1,809
how many of you either:
A-work/furloghed for/from TSA right now.
B-worked for TSA when GoJet was created.
A-work/furloghed for/from TSA right now.
B-worked for TSA when GoJet was created.
#103
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Posts: 483
Ask yourself these questions if your thinking about accepting a job at GoJets.
Do people get hired at majors without a 4 year degree?
Do people get hired at majors with a history of checkride failures?
Do people get hired at majors with DUI's?
Do people get hired at majors after working at GoJets?
Do those who cross picket lines get hired at majors?
I think the answer to the above questions is "yes"
With the job market as competitive as it is, are you willing to lessen your
chances for your dream job?
Do people get hired at majors without a 4 year degree?
Do people get hired at majors with a history of checkride failures?
Do people get hired at majors with DUI's?
Do people get hired at majors after working at GoJets?
Do those who cross picket lines get hired at majors?
I think the answer to the above questions is "yes"
With the job market as competitive as it is, are you willing to lessen your
chances for your dream job?
Originally Posted by stoblema
Well first off, if you people were smart, did some research and talked to people in the industry, then they would have known what they were getting into by accepting the job at GoJet. If they didn't do that, well then they deserve every bit of what they got by accepting any job offer that falls in front of their face.
Is GoJet a good place to work? No
Is GoJet a bad place to work? No
Is the current contract pretty average? Yes
Is the only reason not to go there because people suddenly decide you're a bad person? Yes
As far as screwing over TSA pilots, I am a TSA pilot and I already feel pretty screwed over. Going to GJ will not cause a TSA pilot to lose his/her job. It will cause a TSA pilot to have a job again. So all those people out there who say they're doing this because GJ is screwing TSA need to realize that the people hurt the most are the ones at the bottom of the ladder and all you're doing is hurting those people more. I was never naive enough to think I was getting a great job when I started at the regionals. To me it was a means to an end, and it still is.
#105
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: Pilot
Posts: 2,625
It may be true that guys are going from GJ to majors because the guys doing the hiring do not care or do not know what happened. But wait 5-10 more years when the guys on the hiring boards at the majors are the now current regional guys that know and do care about what happened between TSA/GJ.
#106
"I've talked to people from all parts of the industry. The vast majority think the petty fights like this are stupid."
I got an email from a UPS Capt one time who asked me for advice on Gojet cause his son was thinking about going there (he knew I was active at aviation career message boards). I told him about how Gojet was formed and about how I hear many speak ill of the place. He turned around and told me how only whiners post at these boards and that it's silly to listen to any of it.
I got an email from a UPS Capt one time who asked me for advice on Gojet cause his son was thinking about going there (he knew I was active at aviation career message boards). I told him about how Gojet was formed and about how I hear many speak ill of the place. He turned around and told me how only whiners post at these boards and that it's silly to listen to any of it.
#107
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Posts: 19
a fair contract??
tsa pilots were offered a 4 or 5 year contract extension (or longer, i forget) on an already outdated contract. also, crappy 70-seat pay and a decrease in cola to 1.5%, all while tsa was flourishing. would you have voted yes? so airwillie, please dont say that we were offered the flying and simply turned it down.
#108
"I've talked to people from all parts of the industry. The vast majority think the petty fights like this are stupid."
I got an email from a UPS Capt one time who asked me for advice on Gojet cause his son was thinking about going there (he knew I was active at aviation career message boards). I told him about how Gojet was formed and about how I hear many speak ill of the place. He turned around and told me how only whiners post at these boards and that it's silly to listen to any of it.
I got an email from a UPS Capt one time who asked me for advice on Gojet cause his son was thinking about going there (he knew I was active at aviation career message boards). I told him about how Gojet was formed and about how I hear many speak ill of the place. He turned around and told me how only whiners post at these boards and that it's silly to listen to any of it.
Last I heard, his son took the job at GoJets.
#110
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Joined APC: Feb 2006
Posts: 781
Second, what happened in the past does matter and it probably will not be forgotten. If you join the Nazi party or the KKK, does it make it ok because you were not there when they did horrible things. That answer is no, it is not ok. Even though it happened in the past, by accepting the job, you are becoming a part of an organization and taking on everything that comes with it.
.....I am in no way saying GoJet, its employees, or anyone related to them are Nazis or in the KKK. .
If TSA had kept me I would have never looked for GJ, but life troughs a few curve balls so you act accordingly. I know there are hard core TSA guys out there who would have said go work at Mcdonalds, but it's hard to not sound like a hypocrite unless you've been in some one else shoes.
Last edited by BURflyer; 08-25-2008 at 03:25 PM.
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