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On 8/12/2003 4:28:17 AM LavMan wrote:
You just don't get it. Go to the law library and look at labor law, in North Carolina the section of law that covers labor is under master and servent.
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Oh I get it plenty Lavman !!
I just don't have to subscribe to your particular brand of robotic self-indoctrination...and general thrill with arguement. I have asked some direct questions regarding how our contract mirrors that of the former IAM's at UA....and I think N628AU asked something along the same lines? Where did you carry this drama , beyond a silly arguement?.
I would swear I was dealing with an impressionable 18 year old at a Marine Corp Recruitment office when talking and listening to you at times..but you are good at researching your arguements..I'll give you that !! Too bad most of it is wasted motion and symantics..or will most likely be proven to be in short order , Un-less the IAM leadership lets their stones drop and gets our work secured for us. THAT IS THE ONLY POINT HERE !!!
Looking at ancient NC labor laws does not even begin to compare to what we are talking about here. This reply coupled to the stupidity of the comments about calling Dave Seigel " Master" is about as assinine as it gets. I've met the man..and I have gotten replies from e-mails I've sent him ...and Dave aka Mr.(Mister) or Master was never a term used or implied....unless it was in terms of the Mastery of some of our internal flaws and failures as I have seen them un-fold all too often...and when I see flaws...I see them in terms of the red ink-well runningeth over.
I gave Dave a good deal of credit upfront....and I do applaud the fact that we are now out of Chapter 11...and that sword can no longer be used as a tool against labor like it was before...and talk about poor form and demoralizing of the rank and file , he assuridly lost whatever initial support he had with many , by use of these methods....even ALPA whom was the first to align themselves with his invisionment of things found out the hard way....and I damn sure give them more credit for intelligence and savy than I do the IAM. We are dealing with a crafty soul....and that's putting it nicely
Just one more time for the slow learners. I do not buy off on everything..or even portions of what our leaders are doing...nor do I subscribe to the half-hearted efforts being put forth by our union in particular, to combat managements whims that will make more of my actual union friends suffer , should this continue to go un-checked..and un-resolved?.
This airline needs to be run properly...it needs to seek every opprotunity to resolve cost issues , via waste being brought to a halt , damage to Acft being brought into check..and last of all using common sense at all levels.
I can site a number of examples from the last 8 hours alone in a couple of our largest hubs....but shaming people individually , whom most likely don't care to begin with? , is pointless.
I can say that repairs to an active line Acft were delayed last night in a focus city..simply becasue of an out of date license plate on a truck...which would have been illegal to operate as intended on a public highway. The worst part is this...it's not the first , second or third time that I've heard feeble excuses like this from this same station....This has to make somebody ask "Who's minding the store" I know the duty manager wanted to know !!
I have to wonder in this situation , is this the Station Mgr's fault..is this GSE's fault...is it the departments foremans fault...or is it the workers place to be more observant and point these things out like this? Regardless of where the final blame lies....I see a shared responsibility on all of the aboves part...and they should all have to answer up for these kinda oversights.
I know when I have been assigned company vehicles in past jobs...I have always looked for inspection stickers and tags to be in compliance with the laws...because afterall I would be the one being ticketed for such a thing if behind the wheel. Yes a person did check last night...but it was too little too late to rectify a problem before it became one.
Basically a change in our culture...and a sense of ownership of the things that plague us..or hinder us is what's needed....and no single leader...or organized labor group can change this fact until all buy off on the desire to prevent avoidable failures