Temporary Injunction against USAPA filed today

[luvthe9]

No one stole anything.

Why is Furguson and the other boys still out? Why did Parker spend millions on an outside law firm for this identity theft?

 

[cleardirect]

You guys are the biggest liars out there. The multiple screen names are hilarious but also pathetic. Same as the made up stories. It makes no sense unless that scumbag Leonidas did it. You all make USAPA s rebuttal that you are behind some of this all the more believable. That story makes no sense to anybody, except you idiots.

Take a deep breath. Engage your brain for a minute. The transcripts will be available in a couple days. Why would anyone make up a story that would be so easily refuted? The company presented evidence of a post box that was sent to the CLT CPO that had a metered stamp on it. That meter was registered to USAPA. Not Leonidas. Unless you are going to give leonidas credit for being some very talented people.

You stated that the story makes no sense. sorry man look at who is running this union and what they have done so far. Does any of that make sense?

 

[aquagreen73s]

Why is Furguson and the other boys still out? Why did Parker spend millions on an outside law firm for this identity theft?

Check out doc 56-1 and see what kind of evidence of misappropriated data is turning up.

 

[cleardirect]

I would say that when a sitting federal judge has to be told by the appeals court what "ripe" means, that's being spanked. I would figure most district court judges that went to law school already knew that. Evidently, Wake didn't

Spank!

Now he does.

Do you think that Wake is the first judge ever to be overturned on ripeness. Was Wake the only judge to get it wrong.

How many times has the 9th been "spanked" by SCOTUS for getting it wrong? Are the 9th judges idiots?

 

[Keroseneuser]

Wow. Reading thru the threads and asking a few questions. The one theme that I keep seeing from many on here is "destroy USAPA" To some it seems like it is akin to religious radical levels.

Personal observations from an east line pilot? The west pilots are rarely mentioned in the course of a day of flying. If they are it is normally something like "Jeez, that west dude just flipped me off in the airport terminal" while in PHX or Vegas. In CLT or Philly I normally get ignored by the west guys when I wave or say hello, even if its standing next to the guy at the starbucks. Some will talk to an east guy, but not many.

While i am sure there are some a-holes running around on our side, 99% of the pilots I interact with never mention the west or say anything derogatory about them.

As far as the issues being discussed in this thread, I have seen what appears to be a large increase in maint issues in the last 6 months. Coincidence? Reduced maint. sched? who knows. All I know is when we see a broken item we write it up as required by regs. In the last 30 days I have been making notes in my crew book on the planes I am assigned to fly. In 30 days I have had 4 A/C that were clean in the log book. The rest had MEL's. that is not the normal for our fleet that I have ever seen here. One of the 4 that were clean actually had a reoccuring radio issue that showed up in every leg (Failed to transmit from both sides) It had been written up many times and the same entry was made each time "Reset radio, Ops check OK" Only to fail again on the next leg. (a couple years ago after the second write up a mechanic would have met you at the gate with a new radio in his hand) Granted some of the MEL's are small items some not so small, but we are carrying more MEL's fleetwide than I have ever seen here before.

While there may be some weird writeups going on out there, I have not seen any. All I have seen is genuine writeups for crap that is not working. Maybe I have just had an unlucky run of being assigned all the birds with issues lately who knows.

My big fear is what happens if the company wins this injunction? I am not talking about union fines or assesments etc. What happens to our maintenance?

 

[aquagreen73s]

My big fear is what happens if the company wins this injunction?

USAPA is done.

What happens to our maintenance?

Top notch maintenance will continue as always.

 

[Keroseneuser]

USAPA is done.

Top notch maintenance will continue as always.

Hmm, It appears there may be a difference between sides on the meaning of "top notch" 🙂

 

[aquagreen73s]

Hmm, It appears there may be a difference between sides on the meaning of "top notch" 🙂

Yes, the difference for you is apparently whether we're talking about pre or post May 1st. The problem for you and your fellow USAPAians is that it's the same maintenance now as it has always been. Nobody is buying your BS.

 

[luvthe9]

My big fear is what happens if the company wins this injunction? I am not talking about union fines or assesments etc. What happens to our maintenance?

It goes "right in the lumber yard Danny" 😀

 

[BoeingBoy]

As far as the issues being discussed in this thread, I have seen what appears to be a large increase in maint issues in the last 6 months.... In 30 days I have had 4 A/C that were clean in the log book. The rest had MEL's.

Did you consider that more writeups equals more MEL's fiven the number of items that can be MELed? Especially if write-ups occur during the day or at smaller maintenance stations?

The problem of malfunctions disappearing when a mechanic shows up is as old as I am. I know US eventually did what PI did - track recurring write-ups. Perhaps the "new" US hasn't discovered that yet.

Jim

 

[Keroseneuser]

Yes, the difference for you is apparently whether we're talking about pre or post May 1st. The problem for you and your fellow USAPAians is that it's the same maintenance now as it has always been. Nobody is buying your BS.

You are too busy bashing me on a perceived political affiliation to see what I am saying.

 

[Keroseneuser]

Did you consider that more writeups equals more MEL's fiven the number of items that can be MELed? Especially if write-ups occur during the day or at smaller maintenance stations?

The problem of malfunctions disappearing when a mechanic shows up is as old as I am. I know US eventually did what PI did - track recurring write-ups. Perhaps the "new" US hasn't discovered that yet.

Jim

No Jim, the ones I am speaking about are the multi day ones that go thru major maint. hubs 12 times or more before being corrected. the outstation MEL has been with us since Orville and Wilber did their first cross country flight! 🙂

 

[aquagreen73s]

No Jim, the ones I am speaking about are the multi day ones that go thru major maint. hubs 12 times or more before being corrected. the outstation MEL has been with us since Orville and Wilber did their first cross country flight! 🙂

we work at the same airline and I see nothing but top notch maintenance. Our mechanics do great work and the airplanes are of the highest airworthiness. I have no idea what you uSAPians are babbling about regarding safety. The airline is extremely safe. Everyone sees the USAPA safety ruse for what it is. Next week will be fun.

 

[BoeingBoy]

No Jim, the ones I am speaking about are the multi day ones that go thru major maint. hubs 12 times or more before being corrected.

Part of my point was what time of day did they go through the hubs. Maint Control often authorizes a MEL during the day if a delay will occur because of fixing something. Depending on the MEL time limit, of course, they'll then either re-route the plane to overnight at a maintenance station or let it get fixed on it's next scheduled overnight maintenance check which could be days later (or maybe even weeks later, again depending on the MEL time limits). That hadn't changed when I retired so it's nothing new.

Jim

 

[Keroseneuser]

Part of my point was what time of day did they go through the hubs. Maint Control often authorizes a MEL during the day if a delay will occur because of fixing something. Depending on the MEL time limit, of course, they'll then either re-route the plane to overnight at a maintenance station or let it get fixed on it's next scheduled overnight maintenance check which could be days later (or maybe even weeks later, again depending on the MEL time limits). That hadn't changed when I retired so it's nothing new.

Jim

One that comes to mind is a transformer rectifier #1 Failed and MEL'd. MEL is 3 days max if memory serves. Came across that one at first flight of the day after the a/c overnighted in maint hub on the 3rd day of the MEL. It was dispatched on a transcon flight. The thing only has 2, and if the other one decided to crap out...well I dont even like QRH lists that long in simulators! 🙂

The point I am trying to make is how much money is being pissed away and how many delays are being taken for these repeated writeups of the same discrepancy? We know they track them and can see how many occurances in near real time. The radio issue for one, they are modular, either in the E and E bay or the radio head. The problem should have been a snap to remedy at any of the maint hubs with parts on hand. Why not just fix the thing and get rid of the next 5 write ups and corosponding maint calls?