American Hiring Freeze
06-22-2024, 08:31 AM
#101
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2013
Position: A320
Posts: 726
You can’t look for every loophole to get out of work, have no consideration for the customer, and then complain about poor profit-sharing and performance.
Somehow there is a lack of understanding among the ranks at AA about where our money comes from, and how to get more of it.
We need a leader at the company AND the union that will make the airline more profitable and reliable, and will ensure those responsible are paid for doing so.
Somehow there is a lack of understanding among the ranks at AA about where our money comes from, and how to get more of it.
We need a leader at the company AND the union that will make the airline more profitable and reliable, and will ensure those responsible are paid for doing so.
It's not the unions job to make the airline more profitable. That falls solely on management.
06-22-2024, 08:58 AM
#102
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2023
Posts: 73
Flying the Line - Chapter 2
06-22-2024, 09:23 AM
#103
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2024
Posts: 219
06-22-2024, 10:31 AM
#104
Almost there
Joined APC: Apr 2021
Posts: 1,282
“The men who helped Dave Behncke create ALPA never thought of them* selves as troublemakers. They were, in fact, good “company men,” loyal and conscientious, with more of a stake in the survival of the airlines for which they worked than the owners themselves had. As Rube Wagner put it: “We pilots were the company. Some pilots who didn’t want to join ALPA tried to make believe that if the pilots were for a union, they weren’t for the company. But ALPA pilots were for the company way ahead of the company!””
Flying the Line - Chapter 2
Flying the Line - Chapter 2
06-22-2024, 10:33 AM
#105
Bent over by buybacks
Joined APC: Feb 2017
Posts: 773
100%.
The guy who thinks that the union needs to help the company become profitable will be the guy clamoring to gut the contract to "save the company."
THere's a difference between the union advocating for doing a good job, safely transporting people from A to B... and making the company profitable.
06-22-2024, 12:02 PM
#106
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2013
Position: A320
Posts: 726
“The men who helped Dave Behncke create ALPA never thought of them* selves as troublemakers. They were, in fact, good “company men,” loyal and conscientious, with more of a stake in the survival of the airlines for which they worked than the owners themselves had. As Rube Wagner put it: “We pilots were the company. Some pilots who didn’t want to join ALPA tried to make believe that if the pilots were for a union, they weren’t for the company. But ALPA pilots were for the company way ahead of the company!””
Flying the Line - Chapter 2
Flying the Line - Chapter 2
06-22-2024, 12:39 PM
#107
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,918
The 737NG does not taxi well on one engine. You need to run the other engine up to 40-50% at typical weights just to get moving. Blowing away any fuel savings you might realize by going out on one.
The Max is a different beast and I SE taxi quite a bit more on that one... not so much for fuel savings but because it produces so much thrust with two running that you're constantly on the brakes.
The Max is a different beast and I SE taxi quite a bit more on that one... not so much for fuel savings but because it produces so much thrust with two running that you're constantly on the brakes.
06-22-2024, 03:20 PM
#108
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,588
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100%.
The guy who thinks that the union needs to help the company become profitable will be the guy clamoring to gut the contract to "save the company."
THere's a difference between the union advocating for doing a good job, safely transporting people from A to B... and making the company profitable.
100%.
The guy who thinks that the union needs to help the company become profitable will be the guy clamoring to gut the contract to "save the company."
THere's a difference between the union advocating for doing a good job, safely transporting people from A to B... and making the company profitable.
06-22-2024, 03:28 PM
#109
Gate PAers are Scum
Joined APC: May 2024
Posts: 118
Single engine taxi at AA is for some reason taboo. Only 7% taxi out SE. only 8% taxi in SE. I am one of the few I guess. FOs sometimes grumble but I am trying to do my part. If we had final numbers before the door closed then it would probably be more common.
This place is caustic. Someone is always ****ed off or dragging their feet. We need new leadership from top to bottom. Someone has to clean this place up or it's going to slowly sink. Some say we are too big to fail. I disagree. It won't be quick like the iceberg and the Titanic. It will be slow. Losing market share continuously until we are irrelevant. I will be long gone but for those still here you should be wary. I have been here a long time. The rudder has been missing on the ship since Robert Crandall retired in 1998.
This place is caustic. Someone is always ****ed off or dragging their feet. We need new leadership from top to bottom. Someone has to clean this place up or it's going to slowly sink. Some say we are too big to fail. I disagree. It won't be quick like the iceberg and the Titanic. It will be slow. Losing market share continuously until we are irrelevant. I will be long gone but for those still here you should be wary. I have been here a long time. The rudder has been missing on the ship since Robert Crandall retired in 1998.
The fact that these people and the Kapo pilots want me to single engine taxi is reason enough to always run both engines and apu as long as possible.
Some of you people really need to start thinking of yourselves first. I have no problem not extending duty time even if i'm number 1 for takeoff.
06-22-2024, 03:42 PM
#110
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2023
Posts: 502
Even if all it takes is just one more button push I still would rather take the slightly easier path.
The fact that these people and the Kapo pilots want me to single engine taxi is reason enough to always run both engines and apu as long as possible.
Some of you people really need to start thinking of yourselves first. I have no problem not extending duty time even if i'm number 1 for takeoff.
The fact that these people and the Kapo pilots want me to single engine taxi is reason enough to always run both engines and apu as long as possible.
Some of you people really need to start thinking of yourselves first. I have no problem not extending duty time even if i'm number 1 for takeoff.
Just made the account, too.
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