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- Thread starter BajaBabe
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YVINTERN
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SKD...zip it 
I'm getting sleepy with all that yawning.
I'm getting sleepy with all that yawning.
Travelpro72
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- Jan 30, 2005
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Agree 100%. Just think she is out on VFLR. If they got to her seniority with recall would she accept and come back? My goodness this union would feel like the parents on Poltergeist....Sheeeee's Baaaaaaack! Oh I'd LOVE it. 
beachboy
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- Jul 7, 2006
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What do you mean don't have no senority? Awww, thas ok she come to Philly be Greek LODO. Ompa!
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lol,lol,lol,lolWhat do you mean don't have no senority? Awww, thas ok she come to Philly be Greek LODO. Ompa!
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.Yes, she should come back and suffer through the rotten reserve system and food stamp pay. Then we can furlough her, but bring her back again in a division where we'll take her dues but tell her we don't have time for her if she calls. Leave her there for a few years and be sure to not give her any pay longevity.
safety stud
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- Apr 6, 2006
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This should get your blood boiling...
When you filled out your application for this job did you or did you not say....
I AM willing to work weekends?!
I AM willing to work holidays?!
I AM willing to relocate?!
If you said you didn't you are lying to yourself...
No disrespect folks, but what on gods green earth do you think this company cares about....YOU...
Get real...They just want a wam body on the airplane...period....
If it's not you, it will be someone else....
Big changes are a coming
Just my opinion...
When you filled out your application for this job did you or did you not say....
I AM willing to work weekends?!
I AM willing to work holidays?!
I AM willing to relocate?!
If you said you didn't you are lying to yourself...
No disrespect folks, but what on gods green earth do you think this company cares about....YOU...
Get real...They just want a wam body on the airplane...period....
If it's not you, it will be someone else....
Big changes are a coming
Just my opinion...
beachboy
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- Jul 7, 2006
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I AM willing to work ALL weekends?!
I AM willing to work EVERY holiday?!
I AM willing to relocate 5 TIMES?!
NO
Big changes. I hope so. So whats your next point stud? Can a real airline buy us so we can let this nightmare be over?
Based on the information given at the time, yes, because it was not presented as a lifetime commitment. As it is now, I will never see my 2 1/2-year-old son open his Christmas gifts on Christmas Morning. I will never be a part of Thanksgiving dinner with my family. Forget about seeing my Mother on Mother's Day or going to Church with my family on Easter. I still show up for work on the Holidays and I try to make the best of it.
My fault, I never expected it to be from the DOH to retirement that I would be expected to work every single Holiday and that gives me the right to not like it and speak out against it. The argument that you knew when you were hired, is as old and tiresome as the argument that if you don't like it quit one.
You can celebrate the Holiday on any day, but the entire family only gathers on certain days and that is the part that I miss.
It really is no surprise in the airline industry that the most junior people have to work the holidays. That's all that is happening here. It sucks, but that's life at the airlines.
What kind of system would you like to see in place instead of what is in place now? You think you are too senior at X years of seniority to have to work Christmas, but you think someone with X+10 years of seniority should have to work it so you get it off?
BTW, does LCC have holiday pay for Christmas? If not, it seems like that would be a good solution -- paying people more to work the holiday would lead to fewer sick calls, etc. On one level it would be an expense for the company, but probably cheaper overall than having to scramble to cover when large numbers of people unexpectedly don't show up for work.
What kind of system would you like to see in place instead of what is in place now? You think you are too senior at X years of seniority to have to work Christmas, but you think someone with X+10 years of seniority should have to work it so you get it off?
BTW, does LCC have holiday pay for Christmas? If not, it seems like that would be a good solution -- paying people more to work the holiday would lead to fewer sick calls, etc. On one level it would be an expense for the company, but probably cheaper overall than having to scramble to cover when large numbers of people unexpectedly don't show up for work.
BoeingBoy
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- Nov 9, 2003
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Bear,
The problem is largely a US East one. No other airline still in business has shrunk by half over the last 5-1/2 years (well, ATA possibly). People that 7 years ago held a schedule are now on reserve with no short-term hope for a schedule. People hired 7 years ago thinking they'd have a few years of reserve are still on reserve, likewise with little hope of holding a schedule anytime soon. Other airlines shrank resulting in longer periods on reserve, but none to the extent that US did.
Holiday pay would be a quick fix for the holiday issue. If the company instituted that, some would be fighting for a chance to work on the holidays letting most of those that want to be off do so.
Jim
The problem is largely a US East one. No other airline still in business has shrunk by half over the last 5-1/2 years (well, ATA possibly). People that 7 years ago held a schedule are now on reserve with no short-term hope for a schedule. People hired 7 years ago thinking they'd have a few years of reserve are still on reserve, likewise with little hope of holding a schedule anytime soon. Other airlines shrank resulting in longer periods on reserve, but none to the extent that US did.
Holiday pay would be a quick fix for the holiday issue. If the company instituted that, some would be fighting for a chance to work on the holidays letting most of those that want to be off do so.
Jim
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All true, but human beings do have the occasional need to vent, and it's healthy to do so. I agree that their scheduling issues are horrific. Do you, as some mighty "Union" shlep, afford your "own" people this same degree of arrogant, and ignorant contempt?....No wonder conditions don't ever improve in your sector. In case it's escaped you entirely; the whole point of a union is to enhance, rather than degrade working conditions and benefits. These folks clearly feel that such isn't being done here, by the company or their union.
PS: "No one forces you to" read or respond to any of these postings. If they're such a "broken record" to you...why strain yourself?
FlyGuyBWI
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- Feb 12, 2003
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US East F/A's do get "holiday pay" for a limited number of holidays. However, that pay is based on a formula that encourages one to fly as many days as possible, with the holiday smack in the middle of the trip. It's not a time-and-a-half type thing. So the reserve who gets called out to do a 2-day split on Christmas Eve, really doesn't get any meaningful holiday pay.
