IAM Fleet Service topic 12/23-

[charlie Brown]

CB,
You lost out there's a bottle of your favorite beverage at the Omans nest waiting for ya

don't tell Patty or your really going to be screwed

Well too late Oman, Pattie was just reading this as I was, she said to tell you she just had a shot in your honor!

 

[orioleman]

OK I'll take the hit. The "Hemi" gets real thirsty. Cash is a rare thing at the Dirt household.

QUIT getting that SPECIAL STYLE of a haircut and you might save a few bucks..


sidenote:
to all the shop stewards out there working and doing there job keep ENFORCING our POS contract ..

keep up the GREAT WORK... YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE !!!!

 

[orioleman]

necigrad,
Want to be the first to wish you a happy NEW YEAR..

with your new Grievance Committee and STRONG AGC in NICK H.. I think your station

will have a prosperous NEW YEAR and JUSTICE to the MEMBERSHIP..

Hang in there brother.. the EAST support is coming ......

 

[charlie Brown]

QUIT getting that SPECIAL STYLE of a haircut and you might save a few bucks..



to all the shop stewards out there working and doing there job ENFORCING our POS contract ..

keep up the GREAT WORK... YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE !!!!

I second that Oman, we have some great shop stewarts in clt, and we are going to have another election soon, and I think we have some great guys running for the next year, of course we have some that dont do much, and hopefully some of these other guys can replace the ones that arent doing much. Nothing against those guys, at least they gave it a try, which is more than I can say for a lot of people.

 

[orioleman]

charlie,
couldn't agree more. It's alot like the little boy that doesn't get his way . so he packs up

his toys and goes home crying to mommy about the boys on the playground not playing fair. " If I don't get

my way then the H*ll with everyone else". so sad that it's still a reality in the workforce in 2008........




sidenote:.. CLT your shop steward elections are coming up in JAN .. so keep an eye out for your GC briefings


OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh and JESTER . by the way I'm still in BWI doing Sudoko's

loser....but happy new year nonetheless

 

[orioleman]

GF,
got anything to say on the subject of JOE'S Mullet..

how about your boy blowing off his buddy's for some extra cash...

it ain't right I'm tella it ain't right.........

 

[goodfellow]

necigrad,
Want to be the first to wish you a happy NEW YEAR..

with your new Grievance Committee and STRONG AGC in NICK H.. I think your station

will have a prosperous NEW YEAR and JUSTICE to the MEMBERSHIP..

Hang in there brother.. the EAST support is coming ......

Well all I can say is I wish everyone a fantastic NEW YEAR!!!! All of us need one! The most important thing I could say now is" WE Need TO Stick Together On All Issues Concerning our Fleet Service Members". When we are divided WE LOSE!

 

[orioleman]

Well all I can say is I wish everyone a fantastic NEW YEAR!!!! All of us need one! The most important thing I could say now is" WE Need TO Stick Together On All Issues Concerning our Fleet Service Members". When we are divided WE LOSE!

Couldn't AGREE MORE there Godfather. oooooooops sorry GoodFellow

 

[orioleman]

to our FREEDOM FIGHTER out there ..

we have many disagreements. But let me be the first to wish you and yours a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

 

[charlie Brown]

Jester just FYI, I work with Oman every day, I dont know why you think hes from bwi, or why he plays sudoku, but sorry to tell ya, you need to guess again about who you think he is, because your dead wrong.

 

[charlie Brown]

Well all I can say is I wish everyone a fantastic NEW YEAR!!!! All of us need one! The most important thing I could say now is" WE Need TO Stick Together On All Issues Concerning our Fleet Service Members". When we are divided WE LOSE!

Hey GoodFella, Happy New Year to you and your family, I couldnt agree with you more, we do need to all stick together, but unfortinately there are some out there that are still sore about the election, that call their selfs Union Guys, that would just soon see us divided as possible so they can say I told you so. But whats good about that is they let everyone see just how much of a Union Guy they really are.

 

[robbedagain]

Happy New Year to all of you, Freedom youre included too despite our disagreements May each and everyone of you all have a Happy and Healthy and Prosperious New Year

 

[blownkneesbob]

If a 25-ton push tug runs over my toes, whether or not the boots were steeled will make as much difference as would them having been painted orange. Even so, at one pound less than the weight it would take to curl the steel, how would unprotected feet fare? For those things I often handle that are less than 100 lbs. and may fall a few feet to my toes (bags, cargo, mail), I wear steel toes. Not to mention scrapes, stubs, and bumps that would ordinarily vex my little piggies. But that's just me; they're not mandatory (anymore) so if people have their reasons for not wearing them then they have their reasons.

I just wonder about the kneepads. I thought the contract said we were to be supplied kneepads? <_<

Regarding the supposed inevitability of injury during solo bin loading/unloading: I think there's no denying the risk inherent in it though I submit that as long as a person knows his or her abilities and limits, and is smart about how they're doing it, there's no certainty that he or she will become injured. I think about a guy I worked a flight with tonight: he's in his late 60's, skinny as a rail, curses like a sailor, smokes like a chimney, prefers to load and unload by himself unless it's a bigger plane and stacked deep (like most of us). He can do this because he knows what his body can do and doesn't push it and because he paces himself. And he's not the only older guy like this; there are dudes that will curse you out for trying to get in their bin if you think they need help and don't ask them. There are dudes that you know not to ever ask if they need help.

Also worth mentioning are a few of the string beans out there that look as though they have no place on the ramp yet stack 150 in the aft bin alone and standing up and make it look easy.

Now am I a "management suck-up" for having this kind of attitude? I don't think so; I'm regularly offered help when I'm in the bin and I usually refuse it, not because I think it will please my supervisor but because I prefer to do it on my own. Thinking about it, most of our sup's would prefer there be two of us in the bin for heavy ups and downs, but they let us make that choice on our own. As for sucking up to management, few here do it because, honestly, there's nothing one can really get out it; you'll still have to do the same amount of work as before and if you screw up you're still in as much trouble. I know what I'm doing and I'm serious about getting the flights out right and on time; that's worked for me better than has any kind of upsucking not just here but in every job I've ever had.

This said, one thing I won't do in the bin alone is stack/unstack and scan the bags. That I'd consider far less safe and it pisses me off because it messes up my rhythm. Anybody not at the top or bottom of the belt handling bags that wants to scan can scan all they want...

Mister pigchockey in terms of knee pads are you F@#king kidding me . THAT is the least this company
deserves to GIVE you . ITS part of the JOB if you morons haven't been given knee pads to do your job on your knees then I hope you get a couple torn misnicus tears. like i have and thats with knee pads .for the love of god wheres the union in all of this .

 

[blownkneesbob]

hey robbed ,
arent you in bwi . I worked there back when it was friendship airport. about 40 yrs ago


go to Anne's footlongs near the mall they got the best Hotdogs you'll ever have

 

[Harry Callahan]

Happy New Year to EVERYONE. as you can see the old man is home & will probably be asleep before the ball drops 😀