We would like nothing more than to let you fly the EMB170s and have our jobs back. MDA is going to employ those of us who are jobless- at least you are still employed.
Jobs could be had by all Group employees if Mainline Pilots would stop fighting WO pilots. This would end the whipsaw and allow us all to speak with one voice to one Mgt. Once that occurs we put our energy toward getting rid of the contract carriers and getting every Group employee back to work. All it takes is leadership, something which is not abundant around here.
Alot of us from mainline have been suggesting that after the mainline seniority list has been cleared (if that ever happens) that wholly owned employees should have flow thru rights to MDA/Mainline. I'm a former Express FA who is now a furloughed mainliner. I'd like to see us all on one list, and the contract carriers gone, and many others share that view.
As per Jets for Jobs, this is already done for the pilots. Unfortunately it is not for the Flight Attendants.
It's inappropriate and mean spirited to make nasty comments about the thousands living on unemployment waiting for a job with MidAtlantic.
I don't think I said anything that was mean spirited or inappropriate. Just tried to get the point across that I would like a person such as, A320Driver, working with us rather than against us. Working against us is what Mgt wants. Why give'em what they want. If anything, at least work with us (the other WO) just to spite Mgt.
I know quite a few mainline FAs who werent hired by Allegheny, Piedmont, and PSA after thier furlough. You would think we'd all support each other, right?
You would think. But with those that are in charge of the hiring, are they the ones that you should be looking for support? The Mainline pilots found a way to ensure some jobs for their furloughed. You would think that the Mainline FA leadership would have done something for your group as well, right? I don't know, what as the FA leadership done for you lately?
Anyway, most of what I try to stress to people is that the quicker some people realize that the US Airways Express Carriers of ALG, PDT, and PSA have just as much right to be here as US Airways does, the quicker we'll be able to gain control of our destinys. I've never understood some of the attitudes of some people at Mainline. I would have thought that it was in Mainlines best interest to do everything they could to ensure ONE LIST, ONE CONTRACT, AND ONE MGT TO DEAL WITH. Quess I don't see the big picture.