So the twu screw the aa employees of the equity share

[brownmech]

Where did all the money go anybody try to ask why your shares aren't all there weren't you supposed to ge the last of the 50% on day 120 why is the twu screwing its members and you guys at aa still voting for these clowns to represent you Peterson is doing nothing just collecting 14 more dollars an hour for being president he doesn't care he's got his twu (IGM) don't care for membership also suing the international and he was part of negotiation comity hard to believe

 

[BigMac]

No offense but that has got to be one of the longest sentences I have ever seen posted. Breathe brownmech Breathe!

 

[bikeguy]

more reason to sign an AMFA card....

 

[Rogallo]

Guys can't even form a sentence and you expect them to make an intelligent choice for union representation!
 
Better yet. Is it are or our, their or they're, your or you're?

 

[Ramp Rogue]

Guys can't even form a sentence and you expect them to make an intelligent choice for union representation!
 
Better yet. Is it are or our, their or they're, your or you're?

My sentiments exactly!

 

[bigjets]

Just think there are guys like brownmech negotiating our contract, that's why we have 5% 401k match, and the FAs have a 9.9% 401k contribution.

Goodthing we sacrificed to protect jobs, like MCI and AFW !!!!!

 

[Flying low]

Just think there are guys like brownmech negotiating our contract, that's why we have 5% 401k match, and the FAs have a 9.9% 401k contribution.
Goodthing we sacrificed to protect jobs, like MCI and AFW !!!!!

And here I thought browmmech was a ups truck mechanic....

 

[Topcat187]

And here I thought browmmech was a ups truck mechanic....

 
He's not?

 

[NYer]

Just think there are guys like brownmech negotiating our contract, that's why we have 5% 401k match, and the FAs have a 9.9% 401k contribution.

Goodthing we sacrificed to protect jobs, like MCI and AFW !!!!!

 
Not all get the 9.9%....it is an aged based sliding scale and starts at 2.5%

 

[Rogallo]

Just think there are guys like brownmech negotiating our contract, that's why we have 5% 401k match, and the FAs have a 9.9% 401k contribution.

Goodthing we sacrificed to protect jobs, like MCI and AFW !!!

 

Hey NYer, Care to refute the other part of his statement?

 

[WeAAsles]

Ignoring your real enemy is not going to make them go away. They just love that you continue to fight your own. It just emboldens them more to throw your jobs down the trash chute. SMH.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/flying-cheaper/

 

[WeAAsles]

A decade ago, aircraft repair and maintenance work was mostly done by the airlines flying the planes. Today, most major airlines outsource the bulk of heavy maintenance to lower-cost independent operations in the U.S. and abroad. And generally, most of the mechanics at these independent facilities aren't FAA-licensed.
Federal Aviation Regulations allow U.S.-based repair stations to hire unlicensed mechanics as long as they're properly supervised by licensed mechanics. In these U.S.-based facilities, 46 percent of mechanics hold some FAA license.

But increasingly, contract maintenance is being done overseas in FAA-certified facilities spread across 64 countries. In these facilities, less than 4 percent of the mechanics hold a FAA license of any kind -- although their mechanics may substitute sufficient training or expertise for an FAA license.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/flying-cheaper/maintenance-map/

 

[WeAAsles]

Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO president Edward Wytkind commented, “The FAA’s announcement that it will consider extending drug-and-alcohol testing to maintenance providers located outside the U.S. is in direct response to a congressional mandate passed in 2012 and one that was supported by transportation labor as a long overdue safety reform…Today’s action also brings us closer to federal rules that level the playing field for U.S. airline mechanics. This generation of skilled mechanics has lived through an epidemic of outsourcing inspired by a government-sanctioned feeding frenzy that today has almost 70 percent of aircraft maintenance outsourced, with one-third of it sent overseas.”

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2014-03-19/faa-proposes-rule-maintenance-outsourcing-practices

 

[DallasConehead]

Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO president Edward Wytkind commented, “The FAA’s announcement that it will consider extending drug-and-alcohol testing to maintenance providers located outside the U.S. is in direct response to a congressional mandate passed in 2012 and one that was supported by transportation labor as a long overdue safety reform…Today’s action also brings us closer to federal rules that level the playing field for U.S. airline mechanics. This generation of skilled mechanics has lived through an epidemic of outsourcing inspired by a government-sanctioned feeding frenzy that today has almost 70 percent of aircraft maintenance outsourced, with one-third of it sent overseas.”

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2014-03-19/faa-proposes-rule-maintenance-outsourcing-practices

Well, it isn't a law yet. TTD been jacking with this for 20+ years. Just goes to show how weak they are, so I wouldn't count my chickens.

 

[WeAAsles]

Well, it isn't a law yet. TTD been jacking with this for 20+ years. Just goes to show how weak they are, so I wouldn't count my chickens.

I agree. The issue is getting people to be concerned about the issue for more than their nightly 2 minute news clip. Americans are reactive rather than proactive and unfortunately it's going to take a major disaster for them to wake up. Our society today doesn't care about anything past how much does something directly cost or affect THEM.

Not much different to our own co-workers as well.