wrenchbender
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My Fellow Technicians/Related
Before you cast your ballot on the companies restructuring proposal please consider the following.
Just a few years ago the FAA and trade publications were warning of a shortage of A&P Mechanics.
A&P school enrollment was at all time lows and many were forced to close.
Northrop University where I graduated was one victim of the lack of interest in aviation maintenance careers and closed their doors.
I remember reading an article in Air Transport World that there were only a couple thousand A&P certificates issued in 1999/2000, lowest number in twenty years.
The FAA actually went to the US Airforce and asked for there help by training Airmen complete airframe and powerplant so as to leave the service with an A&P.
Why is there a shortage of A&P’s?
Our wages and working conditions have not been commensurate with the training and responsibilities of our occupation for a long time.
Why spend two years in school and thousands in tuition, spend thousands more on tools, subject yourself to FBI back ground checks and random drug and alcohol testing and all for the privilege of working midnights and weekends for the same pay as an auto mechanic?
It was AMFA in 2000 at northwest that raised the bar and achieved 20 percent raises in compensation using the argument that if something were not done to attract new entrants into aviation maintenance Northwest would suffer in performance and cost the airline in the long run.
The AMFA contract was soon followed by the TWU at American, Delta AMT’s started an AMFA drive and the company gave there mechanics a proportional raise as well. Lets not forget our friends at United who recently had there wages set by George W. Bush via a presidential emergency board, $34.91 per hour what our government deemed appropriate compensation for aircraft maintenance technicians.
Here we are just a year later being told we must accept a concessionary proposal or were going to have our contract abrogated and paid 21.05 per hour? (post rejection proposal)
If abrogation were a good thing then why didn’t he take it to the judge on 10 September?
Dave knows that abrogation will destroy USAirways and he will forced to negotiate with mechanic and related in a fair and equitable manner and give something in return for our contribution.
We have not been given equal treatment through the reorganization plan put forth by management.
We have been asked for a disproportional share of the burden and the judge will agree.
We are foregoing our due (13) percent raise plus $0.75 per license and three percent lump sum retro pay from last contract ratification.
Add the (-6.8) percent and our concession total is 29 percent and that is before the work rule changes and loss of vacation.
This proposal is costing every AMT $135,000 over the life of the contract before you consider loss of vacation and work rule changes. $10 ph x 2080 hours= 20,800 per year x 6.5 years.
2004 AMT wage scale
AMR 36.75 NWA 36.53 UAL 37.75 WN 37.23 US 27.15
Let’s not drag down the industry and the recent gains made in our profession.
Just say NO.
Before you cast your ballot on the companies restructuring proposal please consider the following.
Just a few years ago the FAA and trade publications were warning of a shortage of A&P Mechanics.
A&P school enrollment was at all time lows and many were forced to close.
Northrop University where I graduated was one victim of the lack of interest in aviation maintenance careers and closed their doors.
I remember reading an article in Air Transport World that there were only a couple thousand A&P certificates issued in 1999/2000, lowest number in twenty years.
The FAA actually went to the US Airforce and asked for there help by training Airmen complete airframe and powerplant so as to leave the service with an A&P.
Why is there a shortage of A&P’s?
Our wages and working conditions have not been commensurate with the training and responsibilities of our occupation for a long time.
Why spend two years in school and thousands in tuition, spend thousands more on tools, subject yourself to FBI back ground checks and random drug and alcohol testing and all for the privilege of working midnights and weekends for the same pay as an auto mechanic?
It was AMFA in 2000 at northwest that raised the bar and achieved 20 percent raises in compensation using the argument that if something were not done to attract new entrants into aviation maintenance Northwest would suffer in performance and cost the airline in the long run.
The AMFA contract was soon followed by the TWU at American, Delta AMT’s started an AMFA drive and the company gave there mechanics a proportional raise as well. Lets not forget our friends at United who recently had there wages set by George W. Bush via a presidential emergency board, $34.91 per hour what our government deemed appropriate compensation for aircraft maintenance technicians.
Here we are just a year later being told we must accept a concessionary proposal or were going to have our contract abrogated and paid 21.05 per hour? (post rejection proposal)
If abrogation were a good thing then why didn’t he take it to the judge on 10 September?
Dave knows that abrogation will destroy USAirways and he will forced to negotiate with mechanic and related in a fair and equitable manner and give something in return for our contribution.
We have not been given equal treatment through the reorganization plan put forth by management.
We have been asked for a disproportional share of the burden and the judge will agree.
We are foregoing our due (13) percent raise plus $0.75 per license and three percent lump sum retro pay from last contract ratification.
Add the (-6.8) percent and our concession total is 29 percent and that is before the work rule changes and loss of vacation.
This proposal is costing every AMT $135,000 over the life of the contract before you consider loss of vacation and work rule changes. $10 ph x 2080 hours= 20,800 per year x 6.5 years.
2004 AMT wage scale
AMR 36.75 NWA 36.53 UAL 37.75 WN 37.23 US 27.15
Let’s not drag down the industry and the recent gains made in our profession.
Just say NO.
