TV's Andy Levy here with this week's half-time report. (I love RED EYE, too bad it comes on so late, and the babes from FOX News that are on the panel! There ought to be a law!)
East, you're dead-on, right. AWAPPA is nothing more than an operational irritant. The company doesn't listen to them. They have no power. All they can do is get guys in trouble.
Leo the lion, no East pilot is going to take a West CA or FO position. That rumor is long worn out. When are you going to get over that BS threat? The bad old USAPA is all the sustains your awappo/leo deal. Our Beepers are working on some pretty tall fences. Give a listen when they get it worked out. It won't be the NIC, but you might just be surprised.
Luvn737s, it's up to the company who they fire. We're just going to give them the list.
Oldie, your'e right. We just provide the list. It's going to be the company's call who gets met at the jetway. How many and in what order. Remember back in 2002 when you-know-who was met at the jetway by the CLT CP, along with a replacement pilot and two security guys to take his ID and escort him off the property? "Truth or Dare?" He folded like a cheap suit, signing the promisory note and signing "agency shop" check-off. He didn't rejoin ALPO.
They'll sign. Not a lot of jobs out there right now. I don't think USAPA is going to offer any hardship deals on future dues. We don't have to. Maybe on the back dues.
TaZZ, you're right. It is a violation of the TA. But you guys have the data about how badly you could be violated. So are you going to keep the info from us or are you going to cooperate and help us keep the furloughs to a minimum? It's your choice to be part of the solution or just keep causing the problem.
Ableone, Exorcising USAPA may be step one for you, but you won't get your chance for another 22 months. That's just the way it is. You want to go that long without having any input at all into what's going on? Until then all your wishful thinking isn't going to get the deed done. And whether we have our act together or not, whatever that act is, it's being financed by 2800 members in good standing paying in $450K per month. I'd say we've got enough to cover any AWAPPA/West contingency, even a DFR.
PA18, I'm still sore from doing those 90-hour ben-dover flexes. A West former "friend" of mine clued me into the key to stop or reduce most of the furloughs. It's in their contract to voluntarily reduce their monthly flying to 40 hours, staffing permitting. We need to push that. But the West has the knowledge to put it together. They know the intent at the table. We don't. They know their contract. All it would take to avoid furloughs (except for maybe last winter's new-hires) is to find out how many would do that 40 hour thing and look into reducing line average a little. That would take a poll, of DUES-PAYING members.
I'm not a saint, but I'd take 40 hours every month I could. As temporary as this job is, I could use the time to work 3/4 time at my real job (the farm). No Bucks in Bucks County if you're not driving the tractor.
West guys, you can sit on the sidelines and moan and groan on this web board or you can help to save jobs. your contract is the key. Use it. Help out all LCC pilots. We will listen if you can get anyone with enough stones to break away from your blessed AWAPPO.
The Snoop
