HOLY FREAKIN SHITE!! Jim Little is a mother screwing A-hole. I hope our F/A's fire the TWU just because of his statement. What a pathetic looser of a person in such a leadership position. If I ever meet this man in person I will personally tell him and "SHOW" him exactly how I feel about his complete UN-professional comments on the flt 345 issue. What a freakin joke of a leader.
With just weeks till the Convention and defections accelerating it was a huge blunder for Little to attack Southwest before it was known what the cause of the incident was. Workers at Southwest are very loyal to a company that treats them pretty well. His statements would not win him any converts amongst the mechanics, who will likely support anybody but Little at the Convention but may have cost him two of the few larger groups out there that may have supported him. If not for the fact that the man did more damage to our profession than Deregulation or Frank Lorenzo it would be sad watching him self destruct.
More like an attempt at damage control. Notice how carefully worded the retraction is written so as to make it look like this wasn't Jim Little's personal opinion.
Do you all mean James Little lied and Southwest does
NOT contract maintenance to third world countries? (Cool you jets swamt, that was not a shot at you for outsourcing checks to El Salvador). The fact is, Little revealed the truth about maintenance at WN. In this case, unfortunately, as was mentioned before, the statement was a little premature as the cause of accident has not yet been determined. Who knows if vendor maintenance had anything to do with it?
However, (now you can start getting irritated swamt) what the hell are you all complaining about? The fact is WN management made a conscious decision to
buy cheap maintenance from foreign vendors. Some of the cost savings went to the mechanics, but most of the profits generated because of this cheap maintenance went to the executives. Little took an opportunity when his audience (the flying public) was the most interested and used the series of events to appeal to public concern about the problems generated with outsourcing maintenance. He explained the process and even enlightened the public to the issues. Hard landing, crash landing, or even normal landing does not change that fact that Southwest Air does in fact outsource a major portion of it's maintenance. This guy tried to expose and spotlight that little known fact. I am not sticking up for Little or the TWU, but at the same time, I find it just about sickening to hear you cowards whine and moan when someone finally decides to say something about outsourcing. The only way we are ever going to stop it is when the public realizes the dangers that us mechanics already know. Little tied to showcase this and you all are appalled and insulted. I don't get you?
For all your talk about strength and togetherness within the mechanic industry and the fight to keep jobs, you all sure do buckle when your beloved management friends are being attacked in the open. What the hell is wrong with you all? Are you all seriously defending management? Especially you swamt. WTF? With all your posts about doing this and that for the mechanic and being there for our industry, you sure did fold like a cheap suit once somebody speaks negatively about your buddies in management.
This is not a union thing swamt. While you are wiggling and responding like a scared child, I believe even AMFA leadership would be ready to agree to showcase the issue if it was determined that outsourcing was the cause of accident. At least I hope they would. One thing I know to be sure, swamt, is that AMFA never backed away from a fight when the issue was outsourcing maintenance. They may have done things I disagree with in arguing vendor maintenance, but at the same time, I can say with a fair amount of certainty that AMFA would
NOT jump to the defense of the company the way you and some of these others just did.
You all sit back and complain that nothing is being done about aircraft maintenance outsourcing, but once someone finally does at least say something publicly to gain attention on the issue, you all
defend the company and berate the union attacker?? swamt will even "SHOW" James Little what he will do if he ever criticizes the company in public again for outsourcing mechanic functions. WTF is wrong with you People??
You are some confused individuals. You cry when nothing is done and cry louder when it is......... I don't get it?
His statement is below in case you all did not read it. If you focus on the sentences in bold, would somebody please explain why this is wrong
Brothers and Sisters,
The incident yesterday (July 22,2013) at LaGuardia Airport, involving Southwest Flight 345, is evidence of the lack of concern Southwest has demonstrated in regards to the safety of its passengers and our members as they continue to press forward in the name of cost savings.
Thankfully, no lives were lost due to our members, the trained flight attendants, and pilots on board. As Southwest continues to outsource flight maintenance to reduce cost, the safety risks are likely to increase. This will be known as the first of more incidents to follow if Southwest is not held accountable.
In response to this tragedy, I have met with our Health and Safety Director, Ed Watt, and our CARE team is fully mobilized and ready in New York to assist with any efforts in regards to the incident.
In solidarity,
James C. Little
International President