Then go get you a finance degree and start applying.
Finance degree? Not required.
Jealousy is an unproductive emotion, you'll end up getting an ulcer.
Its not jealousy, its just a fact. Someone brought up how these guys worked long hours and were committed to their jobs, well if AA offered their employees the opportunity to make money like that then they would not have the problem where workers are not as reliable. You get what you pay for, you pay less , you get less.
When you applied, did AA have scheduled flights on Christmas day?
Yep......sure did.
Yep they sure did, and they paid us Holiday pay if we worked it. Now they want everyone to show up with the same attitude, work 8 hours, for only 4 hours pay.
Find something else to complain about.
Why, because you say so? Should we just sit back and listen to your complaints?
Answer: Because that's what AA pays you to do.
So? If a company is going to attempt to rip off their employees then why would the employees be wrong to try and do the same to the company? You get what you pay for, you pay less, you get less.
You'd fit right in at USAir. You'd have all sorts of friends that are just as grumpy as you are. This industry has/is going thru some major changes. The companies that adjust the best will survive, the ones that don't will have the same fate as EAL, Pan Am and US Air.
Well if thats the case then the sooner we end up like SWA the better, right? I'll take that deal. Companies that pay well and take care of their employees should survive, those that prey on their employees should fail.Besides, we have heard this BS line about "changes" before, in the early 80s and again in the early 90s. In both instances they claimed that the LCCs were taking over and the old line carriers were all history. On both occasions all the LCCs dissapeared and the industry continued to consolidate as far as the number of airlines while expanding as far as routes and ASMs.
If you feel your getting shafted, find someone else that will appreciate your skills and pay you what you feel you're worth. Being a mechanic is a skill that can get you a very decent living outside the airline industry.
That may happen, but not until I've made every effort to correct what has been done here. I've invested 25 years into this, a lot of Christmass', weekends and other Holidays along the way.
If you choose to stay with AA, at least quit whining and crying like a little girl.
Seems that you are the one whining about employees that have been ripped off not showing up for work on Holidays like they used to. Employees that would drag themselves into work when a little ill may no longer be so inclined, some may just say the heck with it, why miss out on things for a job that has no future?
I'll say it again, "YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR, YOU PAY LESS YOU GET LESS!
Why do employers have such a hard time dealing with that fact? They feel that they are entitled to lower pay and benifits yet still get the same committment from their employees!
Prior to 2003 we had very few sick calls on most Holidays in Maintenance. Down in SJU they hardly ever have sick calls year round, at the end of the year they are paid for their sick time. Now that they took away holiday pay the calls are massive. Complaining and threatening aint going to fix this. Threats only work when people feel they have a future.
The F/As never got Holiday pay, so they always had a high sick call rate on Holidays. Does it take a rocket scientist to figure out why? The airlines enjoy increased revenue during the holidays, why not pay those who work it more money? As we have seen when they lose money they are not shy about taking money away.
Labor is just like everything else in the real world, you cant expect the performance of a Porshe for the price of a Yugo. The executives of these same companies justify their lack of concessions for the same reason but they apply a whole different set of rules to every one else.
You point out USAIR, show me an airline that has slashed their employees wages where their workers are content. Other than a minority of morons that would work for nothing because they "love" an artificial person (a corporation) morale throughout the industry is sinking fast. Those airlines that have not raped their employees will be the most effecient effective competitors. Those that followed the policy of bleeding their employees like Pan Am and EAL will suffer the same fate. Show me an airline that screwed over and slashed their employees wages that over the long haul did not end up in Bankruptcy. J
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