- Mar 12, 2004
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PRINCESS KIDAGAKASH said:Dippy, I'll bet when Dennis Sanderson was walking the picketline at Eastern, you were voting yes at TWA to help out poor Mr. Icahn weren't you? Mr.Sanderson fought airline management greed and corruption,while Dippy Quill :down: assisted airline management greed and corruption! I have also heard that you are a member of greedy airline management! :down:
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Drippy Quill said:all he required was a little support.
And the motto was......For $2 less, I'll do what I Can
Did AA save us? I think you know the answer to that one. Our stews immediately hit the street, 80% of our pilots were screwed, and the other members lost the only item a union person should never lose, seniority. It took your floor to prove that not all unions are union. We laugh about this "American Family" attitude.
Then why the attitude towards AAers. We knew and warned any TWAer we knew that AA is only buying you to bury you. This is round 3, just ask Air CAl and Reno. As you know by now, we on the floor have zero say in any decision the top dawgs make and that includes seniority.
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AMFAMAN said:[post="199802"][/post]
Nightwatch said:I can't speak for DQ, but my attitude developed when I started reading here and elsewhere about "TWA ruined AA, we've gone downhill ever since". Or another good one is "I hope every TWAer is furloughed before our first one goes out the door"!
Now be serious just a minute, we were serenaded by AA officials at the beginning, fed hotdogs, cokes and BS. "Welcome to the AA family", how dysfunctional a family is this? We walk into a floor of disgruntled TWU members, the supervisors you sent us are wannabes, and all our parts come out of TULE. What are we to think? We're not new to the industry, so the BS is really just that, BS.
I think the real kicker was wanting us to support you in any action, such as the promotion of AMFA or the promotion of the TWU, after we took it in the shorts on our seniority. It's a shame your AMFA drive wasn't over and done prior to our purchase, perhaps we could have been discussing legitimate ways to improve our profession and legitimate ways to fight bad management, instead of each other.
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nightwatch you were sucked in by the TWU because "THEY" invisioned more dues for their coffer's. sure AA was willing to "welcome you to the family" and after they got what they were after and the twu got their bone you have been used up!welcome to our nightmare..... 20 plus years of concession's for jobs and then the carpet gets pulled up and its jobs anyway, this isnt something new! we have lived it for decades so "WELCOME TO THE FAMILY"Nightwatch said:I can't speak for DQ, but my attitude developed when I started reading here and elsewhere about "TWA ruined AA, we've gone downhill ever since". Or another good one is "I hope every TWAer is furloughed before our first one goes out the door"!
Now be serious just a minute, we were serenaded by AA officials at the beginning, fed hotdogs, cokes and BS. "Welcome to the AA family", how dysfunctional a family is this? We walk into a floor of disgruntled TWU members, the supervisors you sent us are wannabes, and all our parts come out of TULE. What are we to think? We're not new to the industry, so the BS is really just that, BS.
I think the real kicker was wanting us to support you in any action, such as the promotion of AMFA or the promotion of the TWU, after we took it in the shorts on our seniority. It's a shame your AMFA drive wasn't over and done prior to our purchase, perhaps we could have been discussing legitimate ways to improve our profession and legitimate ways to fight bad management, instead of each other.
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Nightwatch said:It's a shame your AMFA drive wasn't over and done prior to our purchase, perhaps we could have been discussing legitimate ways to improve our profession and legitimate ways to fight bad management, instead of each other.
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Drippy Quill said:Actually Princess when Sanderson was walking picketline at Eastern I and my IAM Local 1650 were walking picket at MCI with Eastern line mechanics stationed here. We passed the hat every payday for Eastern strikers also..did you? Did you do the same for those close to you? We also walked picket during a nasty strike at the Grocery Workers Assoc. here. All volunteer. Oh yeah...we walked with the iron workers also.
Did AA save us? I think you know the answer to that one. Our stews immediately hit the street, 80% of our pilots were screwed, and the other members lost the only item a union person should never lose, seniority. It took your floor to prove that not all unions are union. We laugh about this "American Family" attitude.
The only time I hear you state how good the TWU reps you is when you remind me how you saved me, gave me a raise, and accellerated my benefits package...funny isn't it?
BTW..I am not in management. I was in '97 for 9 months. I was a dock foreman.
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