We were proud to have you Ken. It was a great event and the bust is now proudly on display in our lobby. Keep up the good work bringing recognition back to our profession. You are making a difference!
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We were proud to have you Ken. It was a great event and the bust is now proudly on display in our lobby. Keep up the good work bringing recognition back to our profession. You are making a difference!
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<_< --- Goose. Oh, I don't have anything but respect for the gentlemen! Machinists are vary highly skilled people! But in today's Airline Industry, AMT's they are not!----In the same since that a machinist, I am not! Unless the man holds his A&P tickets. If this is the case, I do apologize! And yes! I realize Charles Taylor didn't hold them either! -----
OP
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A few photos from the MCI bust doonation have been added to the AMTA web site. I am waiting for pictures of the award recipients to add along with their bios. (Which I have already.)
Remembering the contributions of those who came before us will prepare us to better our craft for the future.
Remembering the contributions of those who came before us will prepare us to better our craft for the future.
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The AMTA web site, WWW.AMTAUSA.COM, has been updated to show the recent May 24, 2007 AMT Day celebrations that took place last month. If you know of any business that celebrated their AMTs and they would like to have pictures highlighted on the "AMT Day 2007 Celebration" link please let me know. The more companies that celebrate this day the more recognition today's AMTs will receive.
The latest bronze bust of Charles E. Taylor has been added to the bust location page as well. The next bust donation will be June 16, 2007 at Wright State University. With several to follow after that. Having these bronze busts placed across the country at various locations within the aerospace community will enhance the perception of today's AMTs and the responsibilities and training needed to provide safe, airworthy aircraft.
The U.S. National AMT Day Resolution continues to receive support by Congressmen who are co-sponsoring HRES 444. Please visit the AMTA web site and click on the link so you can lend your voice by having your Congressman become a co-sponsor too. HRES 444 is recognizing ALL AMTs across the aircraft maintenance community. After 103 years of being the "Faces Behind Safety" the AMTA feels it is time that these skilled men and women are given the well earned appreciation of a nation that depends on their talents. As always, thank you for your support! Sincerely, Kenneth MacTiernan Director AMTA
The latest bronze bust of Charles E. Taylor has been added to the bust location page as well. The next bust donation will be June 16, 2007 at Wright State University. With several to follow after that. Having these bronze busts placed across the country at various locations within the aerospace community will enhance the perception of today's AMTs and the responsibilities and training needed to provide safe, airworthy aircraft.
The U.S. National AMT Day Resolution continues to receive support by Congressmen who are co-sponsoring HRES 444. Please visit the AMTA web site and click on the link so you can lend your voice by having your Congressman become a co-sponsor too. HRES 444 is recognizing ALL AMTs across the aircraft maintenance community. After 103 years of being the "Faces Behind Safety" the AMTA feels it is time that these skilled men and women are given the well earned appreciation of a nation that depends on their talents. As always, thank you for your support! Sincerely, Kenneth MacTiernan Director AMTA
Most of us aren't interested in lip service and take offense to being thrown scraps.
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I have been working with AA in having them place an article/ad in American Way about our AMTs. The May issue was already ready for print so his letter was put in the June issue.
As Goose points out, he feels this is lip service. Perhaps... but to publicaly speak out to promote AA's skilled AMT work force is a start. When negotiating for wages and benefits it is what you bring to the table that enables you to achieve what you want. Being professional and skilled helps. having the company acknowledge that fact helps even more.
By the way, Southwest Airlines took out a full page ad in their on board magazine, SPIRIT, in May thanking their AMTs.
Excellent.
Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
These free drinks suck. And they aren't very large.
Ya know, if, on top of massive paycuts, AA had trimmed its maintenance ranks as much as other bankrupt airlines did (like UA, US, DL, etc) or replaced them all with scabs (NW), I could maybe understand the animosity.
First of all you company kiss a$$,we did take massive paycuts. Along with benifits that management did not take. Although management will say that they did. When you call them on their bluff and ask them to show you their paychecks since 2003 they start crawfishing and say that they can't do that. Personally if I wanted to put somebody in their place I would show them the evidence and shut them up. Obviously they have somthing to hide. Which is the fact that their was never any shared sacrifice. As far as trimming the rank and file,there are plenty of people still on the street maybe not as many as the bankrupt airlines,but that is why we took pay and benefit cuts. If their would have been shared sacrifice the rank and file would be recalled before the management personel started filling their pockets with blood money. AFTER ALL MANAGEMENT IS SUPPOSED TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE SO I AM FOLLOWING THEIR LEAD. I WANT EVERYTHING BACK THAT I GAVE UP PLUS SOME. SO DON'T EVER CALL ME GREEDY.
Excuse me Sir!,,,,,,,,,,,, Can I have some more?
Pi$$ Off Tie Boy- every dime we cost is required to be compensated by additional job losses and concessions.
So, just sit your fat a$$ in one of the comfy new chairs, enjoy the free drink and the ride paid for by the food from my family's table; oh, and thanks for flying AA.
Well AA didnt go BK, they only threatened to, however SWA didnt cut anybodys pay.
By the way AA has trimmed thousands off its maintenance ranks. They trimmed more than they said they would if they went BK and implimented "The Vermont Plan".
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Nice professional response. Piss on enough customers, and you'll eventually have none.
Thanks for reinforcing my decision to fly AA as little as possible, Boomer. Neither you or Garton deserve my money anymore. So my $8000 full J ticket just went into Iberia's pockets. Their service isn't as good as AA's, but at least when the flight attendants are bitching in Spanish, I don't have to be distracted by it.
Ya know, I acknowledged the massive paycuts in my post. Too bad your reading comprehension skills never caught up with your ad hominem attack skills.
My comprehension skills are just fine and as for as my reasoning skills. I have reason to believe(fact) AA has used fear to manipulate its employees. Although telling you something like this that is fact is a waste of time since you probably have your AA underwear on.
Oh I almost forgot that Boomer and Bob comprehended your post in the same way that I did. I would be willing to bet that their is nothing wrong with their comprehension skills.
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