A320 Driver said: "But until that first airplane leaves, technically no violation of your contract has occured. If and when it does it will set off a chain of events (suits, injunctions etc.) to provide you with a legal remedy for the contract violation. It will take time and that is a sad reality considering all the folks we have out of work waiting for a slot to return. Illegal job actions anger the public and erode their confidence."
I would like to commend the MTC employees for their continued level-headedness during these tough times. With rumors running like wild fire, they have maintained a status quo when it comes to work reliability. As proof of that, we had a 100% completion day on Sunday. You have my gratitude and respect in remaining calm until the first airplane is off property and hopefully throughout the process the union will have to go through to get your work back. I am with you 100% on this issue.
To Bob and others on there that comment on the outsourcing of mtc to third party vendors...let me once again ask you this: Do you feel that United is now an unsafe airline? What about AA, HP, WN, FL, CO, DL, NW? Nearly every airline outsources a portion of their heavy work (I wish I had the numbers, but I don't). Bob, do you only fly US because we do all our heavy mtc in house? To use a recent tragedy to further your cause is very sad. Stand on the merrits that the work is yours per your contract, that is the better arguement. When/if you fly another carrier, do you ask if the mtc is done in house or not? Using fear and skewd facts to intimidate our customers will not help your cause. USFlyer is right, people in glass houses...............I will say that if things don't go in the favor of the IAM and the work remains contracted out, I agree with Bob that I want to know what steps are being taken to ensure the same level of work as our mechanics wold provide. I do not like the idea of there being a penalty associated with late work. There are just to many variables involved with taking apart an airplane that could cause the need for additional time...to fine the company and rush the work does not seem to be a safe business practice to me.
PitBull - I think you owe Allegheny1 an apology and need to reread his post. He is more or less saying that if management wants to compare us to JetBlue from the stance of cost structure, then management should lead by example and reduce their salaries 60% to equal what they make at JetBlue.
Teflon and SmartestLoser.....as of this time there are no aircraft scheduled to ferry to Alabama. Check the flight tables and see for yourself. There is one PHL-PIT maintenance ferry schdeuled and aircraft 700 is scheduled to depart CLT at 0830 on a revenue flight. Remain calm, get the facts and don't spread rumors. you will only get yourself into trouble if you over ract to something that hasn't happened yet.