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"it should be "US" against maanagement."
Or maybe things would work better if someday it was "US" working with maanagement" or vice versa.
Until that happens, ain't nothing gonna change.
No, Bob is right. It is US vs. THEM. People have been conditioned to believe the working class and the capitalist can coexist peacefully."it should be "US" against maanagement."
Or maybe things would work better if someday it was "US" working with maanagement" or vice versa.
Until that happens, ain't nothing gonna change.
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Had I not known who these people were, I could swear I was reading more company propaganda.
Wow. I agree with those who saw this coming a mile away, but that of course does not diminish the impact it will have on families in KC and elsewhere. First and foremost my thoughts and prayers are with them to find new work.
I have to say, this is a direct result of the kind of outsourcing that AA has avoided, i.e. shipping MRO work abroad. While United sends its planes off to support Korean jobs, US workers are suffering. I am proud to work for the only big US airline that has made the effort to keep jobs in this country. If more acted like AA in this sense we would have plenty of work to keep MCI open.
There you go again, making the fatal assumption that because those twits are employed by the International, they work for us - nothing could be farther from the truth.
AA and the TWU function as one in the same - they are indivisable.
October 21, 2009
Allegiant Airlines-AA M&E Update
The current maintenance agreement that American Airlines has with Allegiant Airlines will be fulfilled in mid November, 2009. Allegiant recently entered into a competitive bidding process, open to all Maintenance and Repair Organizations (MROs), including AA.
Allegiant’s fleet of 30 MD80 aircraft requires maintenance checks that have varying Bills of Work (BOW). The man-hours in these different checks range from ‘light’ (2,000 – 3,000 man/hours) to ‘heavy’ (about 10,000 man/hours). Tulsa M&E capacity planners have the challenge of integrating Allegiant maintenance checks into a dock plan for the legacy fleet. Based on a seamless integration into the dock plan, AA submitted a bid to the Las Vegas-based carrier to perform maintenance on 11 heavy check aircraft, to be included in the Pulse Line, and five light check aircraft, to be included into our Light C Check lines. Subsequent to submitting the bid, AA determined that it would continue to fly eight MD80 aircraft that were originally scheduled to be retired in 2010. Of these eight, six would require heavy checks. Tulsa capacity planners determined two options. First, keep the Allegiant proposal as is and outsource one MD80 check. Second, modify the Allegiant proposal and perform all of the MD80 heavy checks on the Pulse Line. The decision was made to modify the Allegiant proposal.
Following a frank, but cordial discussion with Allegiant, American modified its bid to include only the five light check aircraft. AA’s bid for maintenance on five Allegiant light checks remains active, and the negotiating team is awaiting a response to this latest offer. Additionally, American and Allegiant discussed the capacity available to American beginning in 2011. American indicated its interest in handling additional heavy checks at that time.
American offers Allegiant Airlines industry-leading advantages including, quicker turntimes than industry average, accommodations in dock scheduling to complement Allegiant’s flight schedule, and AA offers outstanding support for engineering, parts, back shop, and line maintenance through ‘field trip’ coverage of line operations. A source within the American Airlines team close to the negotiations said, “We believe the bid AA submitted to Allegiant is competitive based on the scope and quality of work we have demonstrated to the customer over the past several years.â€
Local Civic Leaders wouldn't like hearing this, in fact they would more than likely raise some hell with AMR over it.
If the market rate is Costa Rica, Columbia, and Asia, then AA may as well pack it all up and leave because I will never do the work for fish heads and rice on my dinner table. I can eat better than that on Obama's Food Stamps and Wellfare, and I can live better than that in Obama provided Section 8 Housing. In fact I am starting to like the idea of you providing me food, shelter, and medical benefits while I sit on my ass and you and FWAAA fly around on the jets.
What?Credit the economic stimulus package.