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03-18-2010, 11:32 AM

#211

Roberto

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Originally Posted by b2pilot186

...As time goes on, volume picks up, FQS's start running up their flight hour totals, more crewmembers are furloughed, more retirements happen...something will have to give. You've got to admit that the company won't be able to operate like this forever...there's a tipping point...

I agree. And with luck volume will pick up, possibly reduce the furloughs, and hopefully return those furloughed asap.

However, with all that is in the works, and as a Glenn Beck admirer <g>, my confidence in the future is at a lifetime low right now. Unfortunately, I think a crash or Jimmy Carter stagflation is in the cards, but I have no idea when it will happen. Would anyone be surprised if the stock market fell 30-40% tomorrow? Or pick another day... next week, next month? Wishin' and hoping I'm wrong.

03-18-2010, 12:46 PM

#212

Airbum

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Originally Posted by Roberto

Will there be some management flying to cover trips that fall through the cracks? (Yes, but this has been past practice for over 20 years.) If there is an increase in management flying, will it be because IPA members have voluntarily declined to participate in historical patterns, or because UPS has decided to replace IPA crews with management crews?

There will be a planned increase in MEF flying with no contractual limits as UPS knew and planned on a open time ja ban per the current contract. Yes, UPS decided to replace IPA crews with non union pilots.

The intentional use of non union workers while laying off union workers is line crossed we as a union can not allow without a fight. If not stand by for non union pilots to be hired while we have union members on the street.