Tulsa AMT movement.
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La Li Lu Le Lo
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That is not very civil.Slopoke said:
At any rate the option is open to you. You can't control the fact American Airlines does not offer Geo pay, but you can control to some extent your cost of living. At the end of the day there is no need to be rude because honestly, I don't care where you live. If your not happy with your current situation though it is prudent to explore alternatives.
Instead of telling me to "take my statement and shove it" why don't we try to hit this from a more constructive angle.
What would it take for you to feel like pay is "even" between yourself and your Tulsa peers?
Give a dollar amount.
In order for you to demand what you think is fair you need to be able to quantify it, so start there.
Most homeowners do like where they live. That's why they purchase homes there. Sometimes we pay a price to live where we want. Your price is less disposable income from your occupation.Slopoke said:
900k sounds like a nice retirement egg to sell and move to a lower cost of living area.
Most young people in ANY industry just starting out can't afford a nice home. They settle for what they can afford and work their way up. Do you live in some kind of fantasy world where people just getting their start live in 4 bedroom homes located in prime real estate?Slopoke said:
You got offended by what I said to you.
To an extent I understand that. You have frustrations that you feel are not being heard.
However, at the end of the day you really only have 3 choices in your control.
1. Continue to be underpaid for the cost of living in your area
2. Move to a lower cost of living area
3. Quit and find a more lucrative vocation
Complaining about things outside of your control is a futile endeavour. To do so with no defined agenda is even more so.
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FX and UPS are air freight companies not airlines.lineguy43 said:
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Thanks.lpbrian said:
Thank you for clearing that up for us genious. I will have to take another look at my license for any hidden restrictions for working on freight carriers vs any other type of aircraft that flies and operates in the same mechanical manner as a commercial 757,767,777 or similar.La Li Lu Le Lo said:
Exactly genius. FX and UPS haul freight, boxes, things that all can be replaced. We (all airlines) haul people, passengers, humans, women, children, men, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles, mothers and fathers, college students, pets, grandparents, greatgrand parents etc., I think you get it by now. We (mechanics) are responsible for all on board on every airworthy cert we sign off until that aircraft hits the grave sight or chopped up at the recycle unit. Therefore we mechanics should be making well over FX and UPS. Same thing goes for the pilots. Both Pilots and Mechanics have a he!! of alot more responsibility at the passenger airlines then the same at the freight haulers period...La Li Lu Le Lo said:
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That may be so but compare the cost of an airline ticket to fly halfway across the United States to shipping something the same dimensions and weight as a human body. The profit margins are much higher for freight.swamt said:
If responsibility equaled money teachers would be a lot better off.
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Safe yes. Accurate no.Bob Owens said:
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I visited the Tulsa Engine Shops tonight and there are about 60 total mechanics being surplussed from JT-8 and CFM-56 withb the most senior being about 88-89. At that time the machinist and welders were not mentioned. I then mentioned the machinist's and was told that Gary Yingst, the VP of TWU Local 514 was working on a deal to have the machinist sent to the back shops, like the seat shop. In Hangar 1&2 the talk has been the the removal of the AMTO program ( the SRP/OSM on the airplane ) at a certain date 7/21, being split between the shops and the aircraft? Those staying with the aircraft gaining their Premiums back??? No word has been mentioned on the Skill Premium of the machinist and or welder's ( $3.00 ) whether they are retaining it or not.....
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Well, Gary being a machinist and all (not to mention Dennis Burchetts partner in crime and also booted from the international for a Hawaiian flight domestic charge that got him banned from Hawaiian airlines..after all the scandals he was then re-elected as the 514 VP) I'm sure he's got something in the works for machinists.Buck said:
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Rogallo said:
Not so fast
He actually lost first, and then by some alleged under handed election committee move, he then won.
Typical TWU balloting
