Well, Like I said, I think we should maintain Utility IN-HOUSE if we can get the work to be done at competitive rates. I just doubt that can be accomplished or maintained with the IAM.
Besides all the whitty remarks and quips, you chose to ignore my point that Airways Utility has maintained and will continue to force abnormally high pay and expensive work rules by utilizing the negotiating leverage of the Airways Mechanics. Just does not seem fair (to the mechanics), nor competitive (in the industry) to me.
Another strange quote you brought up 700...
Your example sounds neat, but I know of no such single Utility person that works for only 13.00/hr (with no benefits), and continually dumps lavs
all day long, 8 Planes
each and every hour they work, do you..?
Utility fuctions differ little from Fueling or Catering when it comes to the cost effectivness of maintaining the function in house, or outsourcing. You know as well as I do that what you quoted above is a non-negotiated price ("call up" cost from FBO vendor vs. a lower negotiated rate). That rate is not the rate that needs to be payed for a ongoing contract. No different than getting Fuel from a non-contracted vendor, in which the price is substantially more than what it would cost from our normal source.
Saying that one guy only makes 13 bucks, only works that one hour (during the bank), does not sit around at all between banks, and that they cheapest Airways could contract out ongoing lav dumps is 30$ is not exactly telling it like it is... So please stop muddling up the issue with nonsense like that 700.
BTW, you really cannot brag about making such a high salary in one part of your post, and then claim that it would be so much cheaper to keep things the way they are (in the very same post) without ruining your argument.
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