Usair Coming After Sick Callers

[Winglet]

I wonder if Bruce feels bad about asking all those people he wants to outsource to come and work for free.

Wow, it just keeps getting better and better.

 

[songbirdstew]

I am disappointed in the amount of sick calls this year, however Teddy Xidas just sent out a letter to PIT 40 saying that there were 340 total sick calls this year vs. 259 last year. Folks that is the difference of ONLY 81 PEOPLE......

While everyone's degree of integrity is different, the company should have figured that numbers would be up.

I don't condone abusing our passengers by calling in sick when you are not but it's not like mgmt. doesn't know that there are disgruntled employees out here.....I'm surprised that the difference between last year and this year is SO LOW !!!

The public needs to be aware of the amount of sick calls there really were.....isn't it amazing that operations are so weak that a small difference of 80 IAM employees and 81 F/A's caused the cookie to crumble.......

It's sad....and Lakefield doesn't even see it........if he really wanted to be a leader, he would give up his salary for a year while he tries to make this whole thing work. That is my idea of how to get respect.......

Wishing everyone a happy, blessed New Year !
Remember that there was life before USAirways and there will be life after.

 

[ou812]

I wonder how many management types will work for free this weekend? Bruce (I'm sorry I ever took this job) Lakefield, Al, Jerold, CP's. anybody? Yes, I'm sure the talent will be falling all over themselves to work for free.

 

[notlayedoffyet]

In a message to its employees Tuesday, US Airways sought volunteers willing to give up their New Year's Eve plans and work for free in Philadelphia. It said they could expect to be used as customer greeters, ramp agents or baggage sorters.

I'm speechless.

 

[PITMTC]

OK let me try this again.
I think it was managements fault for not planning ahead in case there was an issue of this sort. They should just put a letter out on the Hub on how dissapointed they are in the employees who did not come to work when they were and praise the ones who came in and volunteered to help straighten things out. Then just put a letter out as if they were going to do something about it knowing full well they can't because of poilicies and procedures that are in place. Afterwards try to brainstorm how to be proactive towards these things in the future to protect our customers.
Then let everything go back to the way it was.

How's that?

 

[tug_slug]

In a message to its employees Tuesday, US Airways sought volunteers willing to give up their New Year's Eve plans and work for free in Philadelphia. It said they could expect to be used as customer greeters, ramp agents or baggage sorters.

I'm speechless.

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Fliboi its time to put your money where your mouth is. Can Lakefield count on you to be there?

 

[speedbird86]

In a message to its employees Tuesday, US Airways sought volunteers willing to give up their New Year's Eve plans and work for free in Philadelphia. .

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Isn't this a little like trying to tie the rope on the anchor after you've thrown it overboard. I have never seen or even heard of anything like this in my life. There has to be more to this than meets the eye.

 

[noname]

I gave up 21%,,
I all ready work one day a week for free.

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Amen to that! ..and if you have vacation ..its not a pretty paycheck.

 

[kimberlite]

I have over 150 sick hours in my bank, years ago I scheduled surgery in order to not to have to use my sick time. I have stayed in hotels close to work during bad weather in order to make sure I was there, ( at my own expense, ofcourse) And this company has the gall to ask the employees to work for free to try to fix this baggage fiasco last weekend which, by the way, was not caused by RES. Amazing. I will decline the work for free offer. PHL has been screwed up for a long time, passengers don't even want to connect thru that airport. Why couldn't the company see this coming?! Sad A&^ state of affairs!!!

 

[WestCoastGuy]

Work for free to help the company? This is really a strange thing from Lakefield. The only time I ever heard of any employees volunteering to work for free, was right after 9/11, and the WN people offered to work for free certain days to save anyone from layoffs. I can't see that happening here. I just wonder what kind of grinning idiot is gonna show up on the steps looking to work for free????

 

[ALCARLOS]

In a message to its employees Tuesday, US Airways sought volunteers willing to give up their New Year's Eve plans and work for free in Philadelphia. It said they could expect to be used as customer greeters, ramp agents or baggage sorters.

I'm speechless.

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Lets use the customers instead !

 

[4merresrat]

With all the unioin rules I'm surprised that one is able to work for free. I would think there would be something in the union contracts requiring the company to pay employees for time worked. I would also think there would be some type of liablity problem if one was working for free and then became injured while on the job ( or volunteering).

 

[openview]

It might work. If you were seen out at a party or bar or something while calling off sick. At least they are trying to do something about it.

 

[Whatnow?]

Believe it or not folks.....there are actually some employees that feel sorry for all those stranded travellers with ruined Christmas's. If you were at work during this senseless mess over the weekend and saw how this airline ruined the Holiday for all those travellers, I really don't think you could turn a cold shoulder and not help out. These were all people that knew of this airlines financial struggles and decided to still fly the airline and give it a chance. Boy, were they ever wrong! The mentality of some of these people is absloutely mind boggling.

And hopefully the company will pursue legitimizing all those sick calls. I do know that for F/A's calling in sick for the Holidays does require a RX note. Also, if you wait till scheduling calls you for a trip and decide then on the phone with scheduling to call in sick, that's a BIG NO NO! You are supposed to call in sick before they contact you, otherwise that results in disciplinary action all the way up to termination. Amazingly, a lot of those F/A's who called in sick are back to work already! Hmmm, won't be hard to prove that one now will it! :down:

And finally, I think everybody who showed up to work TO DO THEIR JOB, should be commended on doing the best they could given the situation, especially all of those Gate Agents and Ticket Counter Agents!

 

[WestCoastGuy]

I think everybody who showed up to work TO DO THEIR JOB, should be commended on doing the best they could given the situation, especially all of those Gate Agents and Ticket Counter Agents!

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What kind of commendation are thinking of? A BIG BRAVO ZULU from Bruce? I showed up for work everyday, worked overtime and my day off as well. It's my job. I dont want or need a hollow commendation from any of the ungrateful group that thinks we're all too senior and overpaid. And they can keep their Positive Space certificates. I look forward to refusing mine when it's presented. It's a joke.