Recent content by wrenchbender

There are discrepancies in the data posted by Unisys. Note the cost per ASM for USAirways (page 9 &10) cost is .13 cents per ASM. Did they do all their analysis using old data? Check this chart, page two, USAirways cost per ASM is .11 cents post bankruptcy...

Roddney is right. Has USAirways under David Siegel negotiated in good faith on anything? David Siegel is not a man of integrity. He has violated every agreement with the unions thus far. Can he be trusted to keep any agreement with ACAA? Unless David Siegel is removed from CEO and we get...

I have an Idea for Dave's squared, if they happen to read this board. How about scheduling mechanics on a 4/10 schedule?. with the half hour lunch period you have 21 hours coverage in the line maintenance operation. Second shift Mechanics could then accomplish the RON service checks instead of...

As of august 2003 a aircrcft mechanic at SWA earns $31.00 per hour plus $4.00 for licenses. Total of $35 per hour with a generous 401k. dollar for dollar match to $5,000 per year. Based on a 40 hour week (2080 hours) thats a total of $72,800 per year. A mechanic at USAirways earns 24.26 per...

CLT has the lowest percentage of originating traffic for any major airline hub. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 90 percent of traffic through Charlotte Douglas Int'l is connecting traffic. If and when USAirways ceases operations, other airlines will increase the number of flights they offer...

USAirways actually has the lowest accident rate per 1,000,000 takeoffs per any major airline over the five year average. see link below. http://www.airline-safety-records.com/airl..._year_table.htm Many accidents never get reported in the press if their are not fatalities involved. Also...

Other Reasons Southwest and Jetblue have lower labor cost. 1. Continous growth, Thus they have a larger percentage of employees not at the top of their pay scale, less sick time, vacation etc. 2. Recruit Pilots and Mechanics displaced from Network carriers. Jetblue was only calling...

Lakeguy, Maybe where you work it's a country club but third shift Line maintenance we earn every dollar. The reason you earn the wages you do is on the coat tails of the mechanics. We need to get rid of Utility and Stock clerks like lakeguy and tug slug the company union/IAM lapdogs are holding...

T-MAN wrote I sent my AMFA card in a couple weeks ago,But I wonder if thats the right union for us. Has anybody considered the Teamsters? There is a little known agreement between AFL/CIO unions called article (X) anti raiding clause. If 100 percent of the members petitioned teamsters for...

We at USAirways are now the lowest paid mechanics of any major airline in the US with the current exception of America West although they have a contract amendable in November, 2003 and if you factor in our lost week of vacation, they are actually better compensated. We must continue to 2008 as...

Tug Slug: what were going thru at US Air is just the beginning for the airline industry The only way the employees at other carriers will surender wages is through the bankrupcy process. United may follow in our foot steps but American, Northwest, Southwest all filing bankrupcy? The Airline...

Imamec,itsmyfault Nice post. Im with ya all the way. Sometimes you have to fight for what you believe in. Good luck to us all. [img src='http://www.usaviation.com/idealbb/images/smilies/1.gif']

oldiebutgoody Wrong Aircraft Maintenance Technicians are giving up 29 percent in wages and if you figure the work rule changes and lost retro it's over 30 percent. Pilots will be issued new stock when the company emerges from bankrupcy and will own 22 percent of this company.

cavalier We are not at 85 percent of the requested concession. The pilots are giving up 26 percent after they received their parity adjustment and they will own 22 percent of the company. We are giving up a larger percentage with nothing in return. I believe if the company sends us a fair...

My Fellow Technicians/Related Before you cast your ballot on the companies restructuring proposal please consider the following. Just a few years ago the FAA and trade publications were warning of a shortage of A&P Mechanics. A&P school enrollment was at all time lows and many were forced to...