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Old 03-03-2016 | 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
Go ahead and try it. The courts have been clear--concerted activity, union or not, can be found be looking at changes in employee behavior from past records. Start writing up altimeters, adding 30 minutes to a 1 hour flight, sudden changes in sick calls will be found illegal self-help. I've almost doubled flight times JFK-MIA, flew TPA-MCO taking 40 minutes flying the procedure turn. None if this is new. Windshields? EA MX must have replaced half the 727's fleet windshields in 3 months. The Max Safety program very carefully unconnected to the union, but still charged with corrupt practices.

They'll just fine everybody.

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How much are they going to fine you? Charges have to be proven. Then the company has to collect from pilots that make minimum wage. Then do you fine the f/o too? What if one of the two is late for work do you fine them both?
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Old 03-03-2016 | 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by FirstClass
How much are they going to fine you? Charges have to be proven.
To "prove" any charge, all the Company has to do is show a change in behavior from their operational records. If the way you fly your jet some how changes (increased taxi times, longer leg times, etc.) they've got plenty of proof for legal action.

Then the company has to collect from pilots that make minimum wage. Then do you fine the f/o too?
Either that or some other disciplinary action. And yes, they can get the F/O, too. I know of one specific case where two pilots were suspended because they flew a month of turns where the legs average 40-45 minutes longer than the rest of the fleet average. Your F/O is an accomplice to your wrong doing if he simply goes along with your "plan."

I'm assuming you're a fairly new guy with no experience in or knowledge of Union activity history.
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Old 03-03-2016 | 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Riverside
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Old 03-03-2016 | 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Packrat
To "prove" any charge, all the Company has to do is show a change in behavior from their operational records. If the way you fly your jet some how changes (increased taxi times, longer leg times, etc.) they've got plenty of proof for legal action.



Either that or some other disciplinary action. And yes, they can get the F/O, too. I know of one specific case where two pilots were suspended because they flew a month of turns where the legs average 40-45 minutes longer than the rest of the fleet average. Your F/O is an accomplice to your wrong doing if he simply goes along with your "plan."

I'm assuming you're a fairly new guy with no experience in or knowledge of Union activity history.
I assumed the same thing about you too!
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Old 03-03-2016 | 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by 272922
No, there's not. But that's not the same as saying there are no consequences.



So one the one hand, your company needs you to have a union so they can be the company's enforcers. But on the other hand, the only reason that the "animals in the middle east are so successful with their misdeeds" is that there's no union.

You don't get to have it both ways.


BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

You think labor lawyers work for a $500 one time fee? Try $500 per hour. If you hire cheap.....


So I guess all those pilots at VX and B6 are so dumb for giving up their right to strike because they put a union on property. And all those ten of thousands of pilots at AA, DAL, UAL, FDX, UPS, SWA, etc, etc, etc have done the exact same thing for decades.



From the link that GF provided about ASI vs IBT:
"The employees have not voted to be represented by any union, so no labor union is involved. So far as the record shows, no one is authorized to speak for Popescu but Popescu himself, and the company's attempt to speak with him failed because he walked out and slammed the door. One of the adverse parties in this case is “Working Washington,” which is not a union, but a group that describes itself as “a coalition of individuals, neighborhood associations, immigrant groups, labor unions, civil rights organizations, and people of faith.” Working Washington's “Campaign Director” says that although Working Washington “is not seeking to become the bargaining representative” of the employees and has not sought recognition, it advocates for better treatment of workers at the airport." - See more at: AIRCRAFT SERVICE INTERNATIONAL INC v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS AFL CIO 117 | FindLaw

Again, under the RLA, not having a union doesn't mean you can strike whenever you want.
Oh boy, where to even start with you. First, you need to grow a set. Don't be scared of every little thing.

Why would animals in the middle east need a union? I think you understand my point in that since there is no central authority, they cannot be properly dealt with collectively. But you knew that, you are just making this harder than it needs to be.

Not $500 total (you are so precious I could just squeeze you). $500 per pilot to negotiate a contract.

You know what needs done, its been done in the past, it can be done again now. It's a pilots market but yet you refuse to acknowledge it. You are not helping the cause. All you are doing is acknowledging the company can do anything they want and you can't do anything, that you are powerless. They can violate your contract at will, but you just have to take it. That sounds weak to me, a small simple and closed off mind.

If I'm the only one that feels this way than this generation of pilots is in big trouble. You'll never have what the peers before you have today.
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Old 03-04-2016 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by FirstClass
Oh boy, where to even start with you. First, you need to grow a set. Don't be scared of every little thing.
I'm most certainly not scared of every little thing. I just have no need to run off half cocked and prove once again what many others have already proven: they're penalties for violating the law.

I think you understand my point in that since there is no central authority, they cannot be properly dealt with collectively. But you knew that, you are just making this harder than it needs to be.
Whatever point you had in your head the point you turn into electrons to share on the internet was that management had an easier time of abusing pilots because they had no collective voice. Yet in another paragraph you claim that the company needs the union to be their enforcer. Apparently you're not too familiar with some of your MEC members if you honestly think they're company enforcers.

Not $500 total (you are so precious I could just squeeze you). $500 per pilot to negotiate a contract.
And just how do you propose to do that? We ***** loud enough about dues that are automatically deducted......

You know what needs done, its been done in the past, it can be done again now. It's a pilots market but yet you refuse to acknowledge it.
Please show me where I've said that. I've stated many times that there's not need to do any of what you're proposing because market forces are going to give it to us anyway.
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