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As much as American spends buying mediators and politicians, you'd think they could spare some crumbs for us.
TWU negotiations.........what?
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You must have forgot the BBQ And Chicken served earlier
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I forgot about the sloppy joes and burned up yardbird - how stupid of me.
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<_< ----- Hell! We didn't evn get them!!!
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Don't worry - you didn't miss much.<_< ----- Hell! We didn't evn get them!!!
My daughter cooked better food than that on her first try.
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Exactly, no matter how much we give up it will never be enough. THe new $2billion renovation of DFW, who do you think is going to pay for that? YOU ARE.
AA brought in almost $24billion last year and their wage expense was the lowest it had ever been as a percentage of revenues even though the executives took hundreds of millions in bonuses.
As wage expense is lowered everybody else simply raises their price.
Thats why we should do what they do, charge what we need and not concern ourselves with the company's concern as to how they are going to pay it, thats why they get the big bucks.
Here is a slap in the face to us employees of American that are trying to negotiate a decent contract.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The parent company of American Airlines (AMR.N) is in talks to set up a broad venture with Japan Airlines Corp (9205.T) in a deal that could see the U.S. carrier investing hundreds of millions of dollars in JAL, The Wall Street Journal cited sources as saying on Saturday.
AMR Corp has been in intensive negotiations for over a month to form a "far-reaching" joint venture with the Asian carrier and is willing to invest to secure an agreement, the Journal cited people familiar with the discussions as saying.
Full story here.
American Air in JAL tie-up, investment talks -WSJ
So it seems that AA has been at this for about a month now and our negotiating team can not get a contract. Why won't AA invest in securing an agreement with its workers instead of a foreign carrier? We are in Mediation and no end in sight but the company is ready to spend millions on another carrier. AA's true colors have been shown and what is the TWU going to do??? Oh yea they are all in Vegas at the convention having a good old time.
If this don't beat all.......
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LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The parent company of American Airlines (AMR.N) is in talks to set up a broad venture with Japan Airlines Corp (9205.T) in a deal that could see the U.S. carrier investing hundreds of millions of dollars in JAL, The Wall Street Journal cited sources as saying on Saturday.
AMR Corp has been in intensive negotiations for over a month to form a "far-reaching" joint venture with the Asian carrier and is willing to invest to secure an agreement, the Journal cited people familiar with the discussions as saying.
Full story here.
American Air in JAL tie-up, investment talks -WSJ
So it seems that AA has been at this for about a month now and our negotiating team can not get a contract. Why won't AA invest in securing an agreement with its workers instead of a foreign carrier? We are in Mediation and no end in sight but the company is ready to spend millions on another carrier. AA's true colors have been shown and what is the TWU going to do??? Oh yea they are all in Vegas at the convention having a good old time.
If this don't beat all.......
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Will this take place before or after AA files
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More Kool AAid please
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More Kool AAid please
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Re: the mooted JAL tie-up-
I realize it's frustrating to look at that and say, well, AA has the money to invest in a foreign airline but not give raises to its own employees. That's a fair statement, but I do want to add the point that oneworld is already the smallest of the global alliances and losing a major member like JAL to Delta and SkyTeam would be a big blow. AA has to think strategically and consider market consequences decades-out. This is exactly what management is paid to do.
I realize it's frustrating to look at that and say, well, AA has the money to invest in a foreign airline but not give raises to its own employees. That's a fair statement, but I do want to add the point that oneworld is already the smallest of the global alliances and losing a major member like JAL to Delta and SkyTeam would be a big blow. AA has to think strategically and consider market consequences decades-out. This is exactly what management is paid to do.
Sorry but I'm not buying AA's reasoning or yours in order to justify spending money on another carrier and not take care of their house first. I just read a comment you made about you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip, well it seems AA has plenty of blood to squeeze. AA just shot down your opinion about no money for the employees. Six years and counting and still no reasonable effort to restore a normal way of life in today's times is no excuse to slap us in the face and then kick us in the back side with a take it or leave it attitude. Enough is enough as far as I am concerned.
Not exactly. The facts:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...n1.3cf3798.html
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/...01/0901dfw.html
You're right about the revenue, but wrong about the bonuses. Executives did not take "hundreds of millions" in bonuses in 2008 (or 2009). All together, the execs have taken about $350 million in bonuses over the past four years, most of it in 2006 and 2007.
Fuel costs last year were the largest percentage of revenue that they've ever been.
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350 million
That sure sounds like hundreds of millions to me
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That sure sounds like hundreds of millions to me
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Bob's post said "last year" that the execs took hundreds of millions. Implying that execs took "hundreds of millions" of bonuses last year is misleading (and inaccurate).
Bob: why lie about the numbers if the facts are on your side?
