Recent content by DB Cooper

UA 858 PVG-SFO (8195) had a dead body discovered in NLG wheel well during routine maint check in SFO today. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070719/body_in_plane.html?.v=1

From USA Today 2/2/06. http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/...POE=click-refer

http://www.ktvu.com/slideshow/news/4859506...ews;dm=ss;w=400 This photo reveals both body gears partially retracted. The wing gears are fully extended.

UA 853 " cleared for takeoff" ! http://www.the-mechanic.com/graphics/ual/DSC00200-sm.jpg :shock:

http://www.amfanatl.org/Pages/06_News&Info...%2020050506.pdf

Recent updates from AMFA Nat'l and local 9 (SFO) suggest it is unlikely a consensual agreement will be reached prior to the sec 1113 hearing/trial due to begin next week. If judge Wedoff abrogates the current mechanics CBA he will likely issue a TRO to prevent a strike. AMFA nat'l has indicated...

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050322/sftu040_3.html

Perhaps a little blue flu on Thursday when flight 869 SFO-HKG-SGN departs for Vietnam for the first time in 30 years. Tilton et al along with local dignitaries and national media will attend amid much fanfare. Imagine the horror on Glenn's face when the flight is delayed or disrupted in front of...

Love the tv ad. The guy got the job despite his fashion faux pas. Focus on the positive. Kudos to Fallon.

Anyone who attended the AMFA informational meeting in SFO on 6/11/03 saw the true colors of the IAM. IAM leaders arrived with their goon squad to interrupt the meeting by shouting belligerent insults at the AMFA officials and supporters. Many long time staunch IAM supporters were embarrassed by...

UA is shoving higher paid employees out the door via retirement and layoff/furlough. New hires will have a starting salary slightly above minimum wage and a 10 year progression to reach top pay.

There will be numerous challenges/objections to the potential list of eligible voters before a final determination is reached by the NMB. In 2001, UA and the IAM "persuaded" the NMB to include management, clerical and administrative personnel in the mechanic craft & class as eligible voters even...

The ESOP fraud will ultimately be the demise of the IAM at UA. The AMT's at UA are simply fed up with the deceit and corruption of the self serving leadership of the IAM. The senior AMT's at UA ratified the TA yesterday merely to save themselves from the wrath of the BK judge. The IAM agreed to...

Machinists at United Airlines Ratify New Agreements Washington D.C., April 30, 2003, 1:30 AM EDT – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today announced ratification of eight agreements covering 30,000 IAM-represented employees at United Airlines. Our...

Many airline employees are Guards & Reservists fighting in Iraq. When the war is over and they return home ONLY to find their airline job no longer exists how will they react? The very same Gov''t. that sent them into battle could provide some of the tax/security cost relief being sought by the...