Question Dignity and Respect?


Is it me or do I have a right to feel slighted and once again slapped in the face by the company?

April 13 was my twenty year university with Continental. A week or so ago I had a form letter in my v-file stating how great an employee I was and how I was to be recognized for my hard word etc etc etc and to come in to the office to pick up my twenty year pin, and at the bottom it was wasn't signed but in a females hand writing the name ROB (my assistant chief pilot) was neatly printed where the letter should have been signed. I know Rob XXXX is in training but you mean to tell me one of the other assistants or base chief pilot couldn't sign the letter?

Then on Thursday I went in to the Chief Pilots office to pick up my pin. I asked one of the secretaries about my pin, with food in her month she motioned to me to wait while she washed her hands. She then when into Rob's office found the box and handed it to me and congratulated me on my service. Not that I don't appreciate the EWR CPO office staff but was this a totally classless act and slap in the face or is it just me?

I was pretty upset when it happened and I just left the office but at least one assistant chief pilot and the base Chief Pilot were both in their offices.

 

Yeah it sucks, but it's not surprising given the way that things have gone over the past few years. I've seen worse though...

My furlough letter after 5 years of employment was delivered by the post man. Even worse it was signed by an administrative assistant.

And I didn't even get a pin...

Sorry to hear about it, but if you have the respect of your peers and coworkers, who gives a crap about what the CP thinks.

 

well I know of some 20 year pilots who had to take a 40% paycut from their company....

I bet the cold shoulder from you CP office is not that bad....

 

Did you want a parade? I understand where you are coming from, but a little too sensitive I think.

 

Sorry.. that's pretty funny No breaks in aviation is there?

 

It's not about me being sensitive, it is about all the BS they mouth at our airline about dignity and respect etc etc.

Like Prater says it's time to take it back, not just at CAL the entire industry. It's not just about pay and benefits as a whole in our industry Captain's authority and overall respect for all pilots has gone down the toilet. One contract at a time we do need to take it back. Do you think this would have happened thirty years ago? Don't fall into the trap and allow our careers to continue to be degraded just because it seems in todays world it's acceptable or the norm.

I do my job today as I did yesterday and I will do tomorrow as a professional. I don't take this issue to seriously it is what it is but it is a slap in the face never the less and it motivates me even more to job my union job and help our pilots negotiate a real contract 08.

 

I concur, too sensitive. I hope my ACP says who's that guy at my retirement party.

 

Or any time else.

 

Your ACP probably won't show up unless he likes the stale free cake.

 

I had the same thing happen to me (different company). Pin and form letter tossed into the v-file, nothing says "we invest in things - not people" like that.