Harry Callahan
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Hope, it already is time.
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Hope, it already is time.
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Credbility......keep up the good work by informing the members......now lets stick together........join forces with the other groups.......and remember........... The Unions make US Fly.......
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Tim Nelson
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1. The IAM bent over backwards to sell fleet out. NO other union contract has such egregious rules.
2. If you let IAM leadership keep the initiative, it is reasonable to expect more sell out.
3. To avoid a sell-out, the membership MUST grab the reins.
You can do so, very legally, and much to the discomfort of management and IAM leadership (they're banking you don't have the stones).
Work to the rules. Closely inspect every a/c you marshal in. Report all damage BY THE BOOK. Doing so will ground the fleet in short order (the a/c is supposed to be inspected by a certified mechanic before it can be restored to flight status - an 'agreement' between the pilot and mech. control does not satisfy company requirements), and neither the company nor the union can lay a glove on you. A coordinated effort by CLT and PHX (PHL IAM leadership went along with the sell-out) will do the trick.
Do you work in a station where mainline fleet also handles express? If so, pay close attention to the actual bags and fuel boarded (ask the fueler how much fuel he actual put onboard - express fuel slips only show the gallons boarded) and compare it to the numbers used for w&b. Discrepancies will abound!
Inspect every piece of ground equipment by the book, and tag faulty equipment out of service as regs require. Some GSE mechs will try to BS you out of this. Don't let them.
Doug himself could watch you execute each of these policies and could not fault you.
It comes down to this.
Six months from now, you're going to be pissin' and moanin' about how the IAM sold you out (again),
OR,
telling us how the arbitration victory is adding $$$ to your wallet.
Don't wait on IAM 'leadership'!
2. If you let IAM leadership keep the initiative, it is reasonable to expect more sell out.
3. To avoid a sell-out, the membership MUST grab the reins.
You can do so, very legally, and much to the discomfort of management and IAM leadership (they're banking you don't have the stones).
Work to the rules. Closely inspect every a/c you marshal in. Report all damage BY THE BOOK. Doing so will ground the fleet in short order (the a/c is supposed to be inspected by a certified mechanic before it can be restored to flight status - an 'agreement' between the pilot and mech. control does not satisfy company requirements), and neither the company nor the union can lay a glove on you. A coordinated effort by CLT and PHX (PHL IAM leadership went along with the sell-out) will do the trick.
Do you work in a station where mainline fleet also handles express? If so, pay close attention to the actual bags and fuel boarded (ask the fueler how much fuel he actual put onboard - express fuel slips only show the gallons boarded) and compare it to the numbers used for w&b. Discrepancies will abound!
Inspect every piece of ground equipment by the book, and tag faulty equipment out of service as regs require. Some GSE mechs will try to BS you out of this. Don't let them.
Doug himself could watch you execute each of these policies and could not fault you.
It comes down to this.
Six months from now, you're going to be pissin' and moanin' about how the IAM sold you out (again),
OR,
telling us how the arbitration victory is adding $$$ to your wallet.
Don't wait on IAM 'leadership'!
The company is going in front of the bankruptcy judge today.The arbitration case for Tuesday is cancelled and the arbitrator is going on a month long vacation next week.The company is just buying time , they know that we have them.
