Working At AA......

[groundcontrol]

What the hell????!! :rant:

Your all buying this crap?

There are literally thousands of furloughed employees out there and this guy says he is a "shoe in" for MIA!

In fact they are wanting him so badly that they called him back after 2 or so months. Give me a break

I just skimmed these awful posts and saw key terms like A&P...is this guy working as a new hire A&P????

HOW MANY A&P's are on furlough or have transfer in to MIA???

Please clarify...

I was thinking the same thing....SCAB poster PTO claims his replacement at NWA is a furloughed AA mechanic. Supposedly came from JFK to DTW????? Excuse me? Talk about jumping from the frying pan into the fire...AA is hiring in MIA and this guy is supposedly scabbing in DTW for NW? Something smells fishy on both posters.

Posters name is REPUS...is that like a scab that has been picked opened to fester again?

 

[Wretched Wrench]

Posters name is REPUS...is that like a scab that has been picked opened to fester again?

Or a troll.

 

[TIME FOR CHANGE]

What the hell????!! :rant:

Your all buying this crap?

There are literally thousands of furloughed employees out there and this guy says he is a "shoe in" for MIA!

In fact they are wanting him so badly that they called him back after 2 or so months. Give me a break

I just skimmed these awful posts and saw key terms like A&P...is this guy working as a new hire A&P????

HOW MANY A&P's are on furlough or have transfer in to MIA???

Please clarify...

There are no A&P mechs being hired any where in the system
They just finished the station 2 closures and more AMTs on the street. There will be no recalls much less new hires for months or maybe years to come.
I thought this guy was talking about ramp service or pax service not maint

 

[AMFAMAN]

I thought this guy was talking about ramp service or pax service not maint

I am under the impression that he is applying for a FSC job, but someone did mention that he should get his A&P for the future.

Aren't there TWA FSC's still on the street?

 

[aafsc]

I am under the impression that he is applying for a FSC job, but someone did mention that he should get his A&P for the future.

Aren't there TWA FSC's still on the street?

On the system seniority list, there are between 400-500 FSCs that are below 4/10/01 and AA is hiring in MIA. We have had many ex-TWA FSCs come to MIA to fill openings. I don't know how many (if any) ex-TWA FSCs are on the recall list. They have either retired or will only accept recall at the city they were laid off from. Plus, those who could have went to another city didn't go because they wouldn't want to move and have a seniority date of 4/10/01 and be near the bottom of the list.

 

[eolesen]

More and more cities have exhausted the recall lists and transfer lists. Five or six have had to hire off the street this year, including MIA, JFK, MSY, IAD, and ORD.

A couple OSM's and stock clerks were hired in 2001, but there haven't been any real AMT's hired off the street since 2000.

Amazing that a few of you wasted no time jumping on REPUS as a troll/scab. Just more proof that mechanics think they're the only workgroup this board belongs to...

 

[aafsc]

With out turning this thread about politics, what can be said about the Union..???
are there any MIA employees here that can give me an inside to the workforce at MIA?

The union is the Transport Workers Union (TWU). It is your typical union that is concerned about collecting dues (same can be said for the IAM, AMFA,etc.) In exchange for your dues you work under a contract negotiated by the union (wages, benefits, work rules, seniority, etc.).
As for the workforce in MIA, the vast majority are from other countrys (Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and the rest of the Caribbean and Latin America).
Working for the airlines is no where near what it used to be in terms of wages and prestige. But that is for you to decide. If you like it, fine. If you don't, you can always quit. As far as the job itself is concerned, there are always equipment shortages; such as, carts, tugs, belts, widebody loaders and dollies for containers. Don't get into a fight over equipment; it's just not worth it. Tempers can flare up very quickly when it is hot and humid and you are loading a packed 757 to Lima or the Domincan Republic. Also make sure you equipment is in good working order; for two reasons: 1. For your safety and the safety of others. 2. Because Miami-Dade airport authority personnel hate AA and it's employees and will issue you a ticket for anything they can find. They hate AA because Eastern Air Lines was more benevolent to them in certain areas than AA. And above all WORK SAFE. It is VERY easy to get hurt out there.

 

[TWAnr]

Posters name is REPUS...

That is SUPER spelled backwards.

 

[Wretched Wrench]

That is SUPER spelled backwards.

Yes, but if you assign a cabalistic algorithm to each sequence of alternates, and use inverse factorial extrapolation with diminished mixolydian logarithms, it spells TROLL .

 

[Garfield1966]

What a crock of sit. 20 years at AArogant Airlines and you still spew that rhetoric. The true words of AArogant Airlines management.

Productivity is low because the pay is low. Jobs are being outsourced because it costs 10 cents for bread and milk in Mexico and 3 dollars in the US.

Get a grip you Jackass

You make it sound as if I am some top level management. My understanding of why crew skd is a management position instead of agent is that there is a clause in the contract that specifies that fa’s can only be scheduled by a manager. Crew skd is level 1 through 3. We are not in charge of budgets, decisions or anything that has any impact on how this company is run. I am a grunt just like you. No that’s not true. You are a bitter grunt who apparently is stuck in his job (why else would you stay if you are so unhappy) and I am not.

Rhetoric? Call it what ever you want. I am not bitter about coming to work each day. I like the people I work with. I get paid enough to cover my bills and go on vacation. There are days when I would rather be home but I believe most people have a few of those days.

As for the attitude of American workers. I have read several articles and spoken with enough people to know that for the most part, the American work ethic is pathetic. Most come to work, do the bare minimum to get by and that is it. Most have an entitlement mentality and think they deserve far more than they are worth. Most would rather #### about their horrible work conditions, pay, or what ever than go out and find another job or start their own business and show all these other idiots who run companies how it should be done. Maybe it is because it is not as easy driving the bus as it is to tell someone they are doing a bad job.

By the way, please let me know when you become CEO of a multi million dollar corporation where all employees are paid what they feel they are worth and were you (as the CEO) turn down a 10 million dollar contract (according to CNN that is the CEO average for 1 year of salary) and only accept … OH lets say 200k a year.

Also, the economy is turning to crap. Energy cost, which all companies depend on (some more than others) is sky rocketing, inflation is starting to set in. Consumer savings is negative, consumer debt is growing, and the list goes on. If companies are making money they will pay their employees better. If they are not, pay goes down. I know, top level management is making dumb ass decisions and getting paid so much … blah blah blah. Dumb decisions, perhaps. Paid too much …. Probably but I do not see how bitching about it will solve anything. Like I said, several other times. Come up with a business plan that you think will work in the real world. In other words, don’t come here and say that you will raise fares 100%. That won’t work because you will have empty planes. Don’t tell me that you will increase pay for ALL employees because we are loosing money already and loosing more money will not solve anything.

The way I see it, the only solution is on the revenue side. If we can find a way to get the revenue side to keep up with the cost side we have a chance. We need to encourage the Govt to let the market take care of the playing field. If a company cannot pay it’s bills, then they close their doors. I don’t want to see anyone out of a job, but if comes down to a decision between them or us, I pick us to survive.

On the employee side, we need to be willing to get rid of dead weight and reward good behavior.

Then again, as far as I am concerned, this all boils back down to the work ethic of the employee. CEO down to bottle washer. All as grunts are not as pure as the driven snow. If you think paying us what we deserve, much less what we want will change the attitude of the work force as a whole, I fear you are delusional but that is just my opinion. Theft, graft, laziness, corruption and deceit are not dependent on salary. Lay and Skilling are proof of that. Bush and Cheney are proof of that.

Come up with some answers. Find a different job. But geez, just stop your bitching already.

 

[groundcontrol]

Yes, but if you assign a cabalistic algorithm to each sequence of alternates, and use inverse factorial extrapolation with diminished mixolydian logarithms, it spells TROLL .

ROTFLOL.....

Thank you I needed a good laugh.

 

[REPUS]

For those of you Mechs. that think that I'm here for your jobs let me just put you at ease and remind all that I will start working on the line(FSC), not in the maint. dept. I'm no SCAP Or TROLL or whatever other little names you learned during your years of overpaid filter and oil changes at AA. Don't come on here and bi#$^ING about being under paid, Beacuse when I walk into a B-check at HGR at MIA @2am I don't here any that there. All you here is a bunch of overpaid monkey wrenches snorring like doggies. I don't mean to say that All mechs are shiJ but for the most part all the ones that I have seen at MIA are just........You now what, I will not start like this. This is exactly what you guys do and I won't biJch anymore.

I hope that my training goes good and are able to work where ever I'm needed. At the the same time I hope that There are still others out there like me. Thoses who take pride in their work, go home and feal good about what they did. The day that I lose that feeling I will move on to something else.


REPUS= SUPER

 

[groundcontrol]

For those of you Mechs. that think that I'm here for your jobs let me just put you at ease and remind all that I will start working on the line(FSC), not in the maint. dept. I'm no SCAP Or TROLL or whatever other little names you learned during your years of overpaid filter and oil changes at AA. Don't come on here and bi#$^ING about being under paid, Beacuse when I walk into a B-check at HGR at MIA @2am I don't here any that there. All you here is a bunch of overpaid monkey wrenches snorring like doggies. I don't mean to say that All mechs are shiJ but for the most part all the ones that I have seen at MIA are just........You now what, I will not start like this. This is exactly what you guys do and I won't biJch anymore.

I hope that my training goes good and are able to work where ever I'm needed. At the the same time I hope that There are still others out there like me. Thoses who take pride in their work, go home and feal good about what they did. The day that I lose that feeling I will move on to something else.
REPUS= SUPER

Dear SUPER REPUS;
I must apologize if I have offended you. Some of us just like to have a little fun.
You seem to have a good attitude, I only hope your ambitions aren't squashed by fellow workers who have already had their ambition squashed.
Good luck with the interview, and training. And don't forget to come back to the board and let us know how its going.

 

[REPUS]

Dear SUPER REPUS;
I must apologize if I have offended you. Some of us just like to have a little fun.
You seem to have a good attitude, I only hope your ambitions aren't squashed by fellow workers who have already had their ambition squashed.
Good luck with the interview, and training. And don't forget to come back to the board and let us know how its going.

Thank you and everyones else who has given me a small insite of what is in-store for me. B)

 

[Wretched Wrench]

And don't forget to come back to the board and let us know how its going.

Don't worry, he won't forget. He will back. And back. And back.