757 Corrosion

[chris perry]

The only reason the 737's are going to the west coast is they are pissed off at the DFW b check crew.Plain and simple...

 

[eolesen]

I have no doubt that a DFW crew would manage to piss someone off, but I doubt that's the real reason. Finance tends to turn a blind eye to the emotional crap. It's all about where the airplanes are.

UA already has announced they're eliminating F on their p.s. service, thanks to a major change in the SGA's contract. I'd be shocked if AA didn't follow suit.

Or not, since AA doesn't always act as quick as they should...

But either way, the 762's days are numbered, and there's more and more 738 flying on the west coast.

 

[furp]

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THEY CAN DO THAT BROTHER!!! THANK YOU MR. DURST! MAY I HAVE ANOTHER?
NOW LETS SEE HOW THATS WORKS FOR HIM. I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE HIS FINAL ASSININE DECISION AND HE WILL BE GONE!!!

 

[tech2101]

I have no doubt that a DFW crew would manage to piss someone off, but I doubt that's the real reason. Finance tends to turn a blind eye to the emotional crap. It's all about where the airplanes are.

UA already has announced they're eliminating F on their p.s. service, thanks to a major change in the SGA's contract. I'd be shocked if AA didn't follow suit.

Or not, since AA doesn't always act as quick as they should...

But either way, the 762's days are numbered, and there's more and more 738 flying on the west coast.

Never mind. I got caught up in the thread hijack.

 

[Bob Owens]

I agree with you that Bob Owens is not lying about the current shortage of stateside AMTs. I disagree with Bob when he writes that higher pay for line mechanics would have no difference in the enrollment rates at the schools. In my view, if AA's line mechanics could achieve $45 to $50/hr, more young people would be encouraged to enroll, especially if UA and DL were forced to pay those wages to line mechanics. Inevitably, enrollment numbers would exceed demand, and the lower-paying MROs would find plenty willing to settle for today's Tulsa wages (or less).

With nearly 7 billion people on the planet, there's no shortage of hands willing to work in airplane chop shops somewhere in the third world. That's why domestic overhaul will never be paid UPS or WN wages. Heavy checks don't sneak up on the airline the way overnight problems do, so the location of the work can be controlled (unlike line maintenance). If only those airplanes weren't so darned mobile.

I'm not going to dispute that if the average pay fir the line was $50hr that over the next few years there would be a rise in enrollment, however even if we did get that it would take several years before they start turning out mechanics and several more before they knew what they were doing.

 

[iluvaa]

What does any of this have to do with corrosion on 757

 

[Bob Owens]

I agree with you E. No company is going to make a decision to move an entire check line to another station based on some malcontent(s) in one place. There are many other ways to deal with personnel issues.

It's a B check, not really that much to moving it, especially when they used to do B checks there, all you need is a station that has a hangar and we have a couple of class II stations out there that have hangars and no B checks. Staffing it shouldn't be a problem, just recall some of the guys they lost a few months ago. W hen they pulled the 767 B check out of there.

While I agree that the checks end up where the planes are I've seen them move checks for a short time when they are trying to threaten the workers. They did it around 10 years ago during the Hard Copy incident, they sent a B check from JFK to Tulsa. The Tulsa guys did not let the JFK guys down that time. There could be more to this than just logistics, they could be trying to cause tension between Line stations, like the way despite the backlog in OH they send mechanics from AFW to JFK to do stuff we can do.

 

[Kev3188]

TWU says they will fight it; well, ya'll know how that will go.

What grounds would the TWU even have? It's covered work going from one set of members to another. What am I missing here?

 

[aapitbull]

I have no doubt that a DFW crew would manage to piss someone off, but I doubt that's the real reason. Finance tends to turn a blind eye to the emotional crap. It's all about where the airplanes are.

UA already has announced they're eliminating F on their p.s. service, thanks to a major change in the SGA's contract. I'd be shocked if AA didn't follow suit.

Or not, since AA doesn't always act as quick as they should...

But either way, the 762's days are numbered, and there's more and more 738 flying on the west coast.

Owe they tried to turn a blind eye to it but truth be told the average B check was taking 3 to 4 days and that has been going on for the better part of a year. so lets see what they want to do with the extra heads.

 

[Mr Red]

Owe they tried to turn a blind eye to it but truth be told the average B check was taking 3 to 4 days and that has been going on for the better part of a year. so lets see what they want to do with the extra heads.

EXTRA HEADS ? YOUR KIDDING RIGHT ?

 

[eolesen]

What does any of this have to do with corrosion on 757

Nothing, but since someone already said there wasn't corrosion, and reopening MCI is going to happen right about the time Kasher is reversed, there really isn't much left to be said which would be on-topic.....

 

[wrencher]

TULE is going to be the 737 base. But I do not see why the 757 could not be done at MCI. However as the Airbus arrives, there will be a one for one swap with the 757's.

I guess it's just easier to farm the work out. Have you Buck heard anything about moveing some of the work to MCI, there was a brief discussion with the local 514 president and the former 530 president who is still in Kansas City but later heard they are outsourceing them now .GO FIGURE

 

[Tex-Mech]

the former 530 president who is still in Kansas City but later heard they are outsourceing them now .GO FIGURE

You mean the guy who has now collected 1 years worth of salary from AA without ever showing up to work or relocate. Go Figure

 

[MCI transplant]

You mean the guy who has now collected 1 years worth of salary from AA without ever showing up to work or relocate. Go Figure

<_< ------ Hey! He's not scoring any points with us either Tex!

 

[Observer]

it is so easy to blame the Company, the Union for the demise of MCI. Do not blame the dereulation act of 1979 and the late Senator Kennedy for the beginning of the slippery slope, don't blame the failings of Eatern, Pan Am, Braniff et al, don't blame the 9/11 tragedy, and certainly don't blame the economic fiasco that has been going on for how long? The bitterness displayed on this site is truly sad. Since 1979 many have had to move to stay in this business, many took layoffs and either went with other aviation businesses or when a new career path. There aren't any chains and shackles on your legs foricng you to stay at a place many of you dislike. You certainly were not dragged off the street kicking and screaming and forced to work at any airline. What is so great about this country is you have a free will to live and work where you please. If things don't please you, try something else besides bitching..............