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I'm going to say it ... say what we are all really thinking , east and west don't seem to have much in common right now ... East wants the arbitration to chug along and west wants to transtion into the new contract .. So let me put this as politely as possible , East you handle your arbitration and we here in the west will PROVE to the company that we are deserving of the IAM payscale ..
You know i think with this whole merger process we've all lost our focus ... There have been so many disputes , so many pointed fingers , that corporate has even forgotten that the old TWU workers who are now IAM are still getting TWU pay rates ...It's an understandble oversight in todays corporate climate , that's why we here in the west will prove to managment that we're worth every penny of the new payscale .How will we do this? Why by building a winning airline of course! And the first building block of any airline is SAFETY!In fact our old motto at america west used to be safety first! We intend to take that concept from our old airline and bring it into this new merged airline ... With the spot light on the East stations alot of our ground equipment has started to go , and that's why starting tomorrow we , are perosnally going to make sure that every pieice of ground equipment that we get on meets not only our own safety codes , but also the Regional airports codes as well .Many of you in the west are familar with the term RED TAG ... well , we are going to take the first step in making a better airline by fixing ALL of the equipment ,from the push tugs to the bag carts . But we won't stop there , our aircraft are of primary importance and in the comming weeks as we learn more about aircraft safety we will learn to identify those problems which could jepordize the plane and will call in maintaince .
I think amoung things that are forgotten sometimes is driving at a resonable speed , far too often we whip around the planes on our belt loaders and bag tugs ... their are speed limits and it's time we start following them! Not only could we damage an aircraft by driving recklessly , but we also endanger the passngers on those aircraft along with each other .... I have already spoken to several of my fellow ramp workers and we are in agreement that things need to be reversed with this company , morale is at an all time low ... It's time we TAKE PRIDE in our work and in our selves ! together we CAN build a winning airline! Thank you for your time !
You know i think with this whole merger process we've all lost our focus ... There have been so many disputes , so many pointed fingers , that corporate has even forgotten that the old TWU workers who are now IAM are still getting TWU pay rates ...It's an understandble oversight in todays corporate climate , that's why we here in the west will prove to managment that we're worth every penny of the new payscale .How will we do this? Why by building a winning airline of course! And the first building block of any airline is SAFETY!In fact our old motto at america west used to be safety first! We intend to take that concept from our old airline and bring it into this new merged airline ... With the spot light on the East stations alot of our ground equipment has started to go , and that's why starting tomorrow we , are perosnally going to make sure that every pieice of ground equipment that we get on meets not only our own safety codes , but also the Regional airports codes as well .Many of you in the west are familar with the term RED TAG ... well , we are going to take the first step in making a better airline by fixing ALL of the equipment ,from the push tugs to the bag carts . But we won't stop there , our aircraft are of primary importance and in the comming weeks as we learn more about aircraft safety we will learn to identify those problems which could jepordize the plane and will call in maintaince .
I think amoung things that are forgotten sometimes is driving at a resonable speed , far too often we whip around the planes on our belt loaders and bag tugs ... their are speed limits and it's time we start following them! Not only could we damage an aircraft by driving recklessly , but we also endanger the passngers on those aircraft along with each other .... I have already spoken to several of my fellow ramp workers and we are in agreement that things need to be reversed with this company , morale is at an all time low ... It's time we TAKE PRIDE in our work and in our selves ! together we CAN build a winning airline! Thank you for your time !
