Pinnacle....Past, Present and Future.
#13
I'm not a pinnacle person but here are my two cents any way. I think once Obama, and his administration, get into office your MEC will make a hard push to be released, and they will probably succeed. Obama has often said that he is pro-union, and I think his administration will give you the chance at self-help...
Not that the 2001 strike worked out that well for Comair pilots...
#14
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Joined APC: Sep 2006
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There is a seat waiting to be filled on the NMB now...and I'm pretty sure the other 2 mediators terms expire in Dec. of this year also, so '09 is going to see a big change in labor relations regardless of what happens with the economy...
#15
Mesaba was released into a cooling off period in 2004... well into Bushies administration. We also went past the 30th day and could have struck at any moment. I know, I know... a different NMB.
#16
Boys,
I hate to tell you this...but a strike will make an easy decision for the "New Delta" to decide which regional will not be utilized anymore. Ask the NWA mechanics if they got their jobs back. That was only a few years ago, oh I guess most of your 250 hour wonderboys, were back in high school when that happened. NWA let all the mechanics go, and hired replacements for each and everyone of them. In this game of Blackjack, you've got a bad hand dealt to you...put down your poker face.
Your only hope is to do things exactly by the book, fly profile, taxi at a brisk walk, don't do anyone's job except your own. Being the most ontime airline in the USA only gives your management a smile knowing they can get awards for their performance.................without a contract.
Put yourself in their shoes....run the most ontime airline, without a contract? Why settle for a more expensive contract?
I hate to tell you this...but a strike will make an easy decision for the "New Delta" to decide which regional will not be utilized anymore. Ask the NWA mechanics if they got their jobs back. That was only a few years ago, oh I guess most of your 250 hour wonderboys, were back in high school when that happened. NWA let all the mechanics go, and hired replacements for each and everyone of them. In this game of Blackjack, you've got a bad hand dealt to you...put down your poker face.
Your only hope is to do things exactly by the book, fly profile, taxi at a brisk walk, don't do anyone's job except your own. Being the most ontime airline in the USA only gives your management a smile knowing they can get awards for their performance.................without a contract.
Put yourself in their shoes....run the most ontime airline, without a contract? Why settle for a more expensive contract?
#17
Boys,
I hate to tell you this...but a strike will make an easy decision for the "New Delta" to decide which regional will not be utilized anymore. Ask the NWA mechanics if they got their jobs back. That was only a few years ago, oh I guess most of your 250 hour wonderboys, were back in high school when that happened. NWA let all the mechanics go, and hired replacements for each and everyone of them. In this game of Blackjack, you've got a bad hand dealt to you...put down your poker face.
Your only hope is to do things exactly by the book, fly profile, taxi at a brisk walk, don't do anyone's job except your own. Being the most ontime airline in the USA only gives your management a smile knowing they can get awards for their performance.................without a contract.
Put yourself in their shoes....run the most ontime airline, without a contract? Why settle for a more expensive contract?
I hate to tell you this...but a strike will make an easy decision for the "New Delta" to decide which regional will not be utilized anymore. Ask the NWA mechanics if they got their jobs back. That was only a few years ago, oh I guess most of your 250 hour wonderboys, were back in high school when that happened. NWA let all the mechanics go, and hired replacements for each and everyone of them. In this game of Blackjack, you've got a bad hand dealt to you...put down your poker face.
Your only hope is to do things exactly by the book, fly profile, taxi at a brisk walk, don't do anyone's job except your own. Being the most ontime airline in the USA only gives your management a smile knowing they can get awards for their performance.................without a contract.
Put yourself in their shoes....run the most ontime airline, without a contract? Why settle for a more expensive contract?
#18
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Posts: 359
Boys,
I hate to tell you this...but a strike will make an easy decision for the "New Delta" to decide which regional will not be utilized anymore. Ask the NWA mechanics if they got their jobs back. That was only a few years ago, oh I guess most of your 250 hour wonderboys, were back in high school when that happened. NWA let all the mechanics go, and hired replacements for each and everyone of them. In this game of Blackjack, you've got a bad hand dealt to you...put down your poker face.
Your only hope is to do things exactly by the book, fly profile, taxi at a brisk walk, don't do anyone's job except your own. Being the most ontime airline in the USA only gives your management a smile knowing they can get awards for their performance.................without a contract.
Put yourself in their shoes....run the most ontime airline, without a contract? Why settle for a more expensive contract?
I hate to tell you this...but a strike will make an easy decision for the "New Delta" to decide which regional will not be utilized anymore. Ask the NWA mechanics if they got their jobs back. That was only a few years ago, oh I guess most of your 250 hour wonderboys, were back in high school when that happened. NWA let all the mechanics go, and hired replacements for each and everyone of them. In this game of Blackjack, you've got a bad hand dealt to you...put down your poker face.
Your only hope is to do things exactly by the book, fly profile, taxi at a brisk walk, don't do anyone's job except your own. Being the most ontime airline in the USA only gives your management a smile knowing they can get awards for their performance.................without a contract.
Put yourself in their shoes....run the most ontime airline, without a contract? Why settle for a more expensive contract?
I'd rather shutter down then continue to work under these sub standard conditions. Mechanics are a little different than pilots. You cannot just hire replaces, its about a 2 month delay.
Hopefully management has the fear that if we do strike we'll go out of business. That way they'll give us a contract.
#19
Listen up here....
Whatever you boys do, you better RATTLE THE CAGES OF YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM. They are worthless. How could they possibly, in their right mind, not want to give you guys a raise. Come on....21/hr for a first officer on a jet aircraft? Where did these guys come from? Sweatshops in India?
They lower the standards of the airline business. Just like Mesa.
Stick together, UNITY my friends.
Whatever you boys do, you better RATTLE THE CAGES OF YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM. They are worthless. How could they possibly, in their right mind, not want to give you guys a raise. Come on....21/hr for a first officer on a jet aircraft? Where did these guys come from? Sweatshops in India?
They lower the standards of the airline business. Just like Mesa.
Stick together, UNITY my friends.
#20
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Joined APC: May 2006
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Posts: 849
Your only hope is to do things exactly by the book, fly profile, taxi at a brisk walk, don't do anyone's job except your own. Being the most ontime airline in the USA only gives your management a smile knowing they can get awards for their performance.................without a contract.
Put yourself in their shoes....run the most ontime airline, without a contract? Why settle for a more expensive contract?
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