FirstClass

Mind games

Mach Indicator

I take it, it's a day where you get to reflect on your Career Decisions?

FirstClass

Intimidation.

thefoxsays

This, and if you choose to stay employed, said person is placed on 2 yrs probation.

Since Cujo was on probation, his continued attendance abuse got him terminated.

emb145

Do you actually believe that beginning in January, the company is going to post vacancies for 30+ CA slots on a monthly basis for 2 solid years? That's 720 CA slots to replace the 750 flowing over the same time frame.

As for believing that the number crunchers at AAG are smarter than you, wake up kid. Do you trust your career to be decided by some corporate bean counters that have zero interest in your well being? Do some basic number crunching on your own and see what you think. Hopefully you really aren't that dense.

Get out there and apply elsewhere, network and go to job fairs. Take your career into your own hands and move forward. If nothing works, well you may have to live with the hope that this flow will work. But there is plenty of opportunity out there for you RIGHT NOW. For God's sake man, try to start purging all that company cheerleader RAH RAH
crap and get started on doing something for your career.

AdiosMikeFox

They will NOT. Do people even think before they post, or do they just spew whatever dire situation supports their personal "sky falling" scenario?

If anybody has been paying the least attention:

*We are going to continue to lose aircraft.

*We are going to continue to lose pilots.

*We are going to continue to shrink.

We have been given a temporary reprieve because we have enough pilots on the property to pick up the flying that the alter-Eagles have been doing such a poor job of completing. We have 60 hour lines because we are overstaffed. We are going to continue to lose existing aircraft at a greater rate than acquire the new 175's.

Upgrades don't need to match the flow rate. Hiring does not need to match attrition or upgrades. There is no requirement that these numbers match.

Currently, we are fine on staffing, and will be for a little while. We are so fine that they can afford the lousy schedules that pay us guarantee, because they know they need the bodies they have for upgrades and attrition.


However...

The company is an idiot if it doesn't start upgrades to meet the projected needs at the point we are "right sized". Hiring should also be prioritized, but we all know that's an issue for all regional airlines. People hired now stand the best chance of hitting this mythical 2.5/6 mark the company projects. Not the people who have been here for a year, not likely the people that are hired in two or three years.

Get over the hyperbole.

Tpinks

I second this.

AdiosMikeFox

An outspoken pilot who was a huge critic of the union who then became a CA rep in the union. He rattled a lot of cages, outed huge expenses by previous union officials (thereby pis sing them off, very hard feelings exist to the his day) and talked a hard line regarding daily operations suggesting many things that the company wanted to view as a "work action", like contract interpretations the company disagreed with.

He spoke his mind and had very little give as far as negotiations went and has been accused of sabotaging negotiations or doing end-runs around the union to get things done. He has been a PITA to the company by publicly and repeatedly calling them on their BS.

He's made a lot of enemies among management, former and current union members because he stepped on a lot of toes, wouldn't bend to their will and pretty much let them know it. He's also suffered due to appearing to change from a huge critic (which he still was) to pushing company propaganda about 2.5/6, which is unfortunate because we ALL know it's possible if certain conditions are met, conditions which he readily acknowledged. It earned him being called a turncoat.

All that said, he was a great CA rep IMO. Always responded quickly to questions and immediately placed himself between the pilot and the company. His uncompromising style has bent the company in our favor more often than not and his outing of a lot of information that tends to get skirted or softened by corporate/union speak has kept the pilot group well informed. He actively listened to and solicited opinions and positions from the pilots in his LEC, held boatloads of teleconferences to solicit and dispense information. Way better than almost any previous rep in my tenure. He's worked hard behind the scenes getting things fixed by management by threatening to publicly criticize them.

He was placed on "probation" for allegedly abusing union/sick time off. He was busted for an alleged repeat offense. His high visibility and antagonism of the company ensured they were going be on his case instantly for anything that could be perceived as an infraction.

The short version: Outspoken CA rep ticks management and other pilots off by not staying in line, however the rep does a lot of good by shaking things up as well. Pis ses the company off repeatedly so they make sure to bust him and fire him.

JohnnyDingus

Adios Mike Fox is cujo!!!!!


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AdiosMikeFox

Unlike Cuj, I have the pleasure of suffering through the holidays working for an airline that falls apart as soon as the clouds fart a single snowflake. My Christmas Eve, day and new year will be spent flying a lousy 56 hour line. But hey, at least it's commutable. If I can squeeze into the oversold flights, anyway.

See you in the ORD penalty box.