Release formally requested
04-30-2012, 11:16 AM
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Release formally requested
Is anyone shocked the company wouldn't put in writing that they would commit to getting a deal by June despite telling everyone they would?
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April 30, 2012
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Dear United Pilots:
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I am writing to you today at a crossroads that has not been reached by United Pilots since 1985.* A crossroads that despite our best efforts to avoid, we have been driven to by an intransigent, out of touch management team that refuses to do its part in negotiating a collective bargaining agreement that reflects the sacrifices and commitment that this pilot group has made to United Airlines.*Today, April 30, 2012, I directed ALPA President Captain Lee Moak to formally submit the necessary paperwork to the National Mediation Board for our release from mediation.
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We have every expectation that our formal request will be honored and, through the steps delineated under the RLA, that we will be ultimately released from mediation into a “30 day cooling off period.”* During this upcoming period, we are obligated to honor the status quo between ALPA and UAL management. *There can be and will be no disruption by us of the company’s operations.* At the end of this cooling off period, barring the successful negotiation of a Tentative Agreement with United Airlines, ALPA pilots will be free to exercise self-help.
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Your Strategic Preparedness and Strike Committee (SPSC) is fully prepared to lead us in our self-help efforts and will be sending the latest information to you at the contact email address that you have provided us.
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The communications that I have sent to you over the last two weeks have clearly stated that our greatest leverage against this management team is the threat of self-help.* Notwithstanding that threat, the UAL CEO continues in his refusal to acknowledge that leverage, and has not directed his negotiators to make substantial meaningful progress towards the completion of our JCBA.
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The past decade has been a painful and costly one for us.* There is not one of us who has not been harmed financially, professionally and personally.* Over this same time, the management team that literally caused this pain, which shrank our airline and which brazenly thinks that it can take more from you has, as reported by the Associated Press here rewarded itself with retention bonuses, massive pay raises and stock distributions that can only be described as immoral, and triple what they were the previous year.
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Let me remind you of the failures of management that got us here.
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·******** During negotiations for our 2003 Bankruptcy Agreement, CEO Glenn Tilton repeatedly stated that there would be “Shared sacrifice, and shared rewards.”* He failed to deliver on that promise.
·******** At a US Senate Committee hearing on the proposed merger of UAL and CAL on May 27, 2010, Jeffrey Smisek stated, “We are committed to continuing our cooperative labor relations and to integrating our workforces in a fair and equitable manner and negotiating contracts with our unions that are fair to the employees and fair to the Company.”* Former CEO Glenn Tilton sat next to Mr. Smisek and corroborated this intent.* They have failed to do so.
·******** UAL management committed to negotiate our JCBA by September 2010.* They failed to do so.
·******** In discussions with some United Airlines MEC members in January 2012, the CEO dedicated himself to finishing negotiations without delay.* He has failed to do so.
·******** As of February 15, 2012, there have been approximately 100 negotiating meetings with approximately 20 of them supervised by the NMB.* On all major issues – work rules, R&I, Compensation and Scope - after two years in negotiations, not one of the cost item sections has been completed.
·******** There have been more than *150 meetings with United since negotiations began – executive management has attended six.
·******** THE CEO HAS ATTENDED ZERO NEGOTIATING SESSIONS SINCE NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN, despite his promises to Congress and to ALPA for a smooth and seamless resolution.
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I have been entrusted by the United MEC, and ultimately by the pilots of United Airlines to carry out the business of the pilots.* There is no more serious business than that which we are embarking upon today.* The team that we have assembled to advise us is second to none.* The firms that we have hired are nonpareil in the field of labor relations and more importantly, in attaining the successful completion of a collective bargaining agreement.
*
Unity will carry us forward.* United Airlines management has once again succeeded, as it did in 1985, to unify this pilot group with intransigence, hubris and disdain for this pilot group.* We are singularly focused upon achieving an industry leading collective bargaining agreement.* Management will know the weight of the leverage that we now wield.*
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We are United,
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Captain Jay Heppner
Chairman, United Master Executive Council
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Air Line Pilots Association, International
Air Line Pilots Association, International
View this message on the Web
*
April 30, 2012
*
Dear United Pilots:
*
I am writing to you today at a crossroads that has not been reached by United Pilots since 1985.* A crossroads that despite our best efforts to avoid, we have been driven to by an intransigent, out of touch management team that refuses to do its part in negotiating a collective bargaining agreement that reflects the sacrifices and commitment that this pilot group has made to United Airlines.*Today, April 30, 2012, I directed ALPA President Captain Lee Moak to formally submit the necessary paperwork to the National Mediation Board for our release from mediation.
*
We have every expectation that our formal request will be honored and, through the steps delineated under the RLA, that we will be ultimately released from mediation into a “30 day cooling off period.”* During this upcoming period, we are obligated to honor the status quo between ALPA and UAL management. *There can be and will be no disruption by us of the company’s operations.* At the end of this cooling off period, barring the successful negotiation of a Tentative Agreement with United Airlines, ALPA pilots will be free to exercise self-help.
*
Your Strategic Preparedness and Strike Committee (SPSC) is fully prepared to lead us in our self-help efforts and will be sending the latest information to you at the contact email address that you have provided us.
*
The communications that I have sent to you over the last two weeks have clearly stated that our greatest leverage against this management team is the threat of self-help.* Notwithstanding that threat, the UAL CEO continues in his refusal to acknowledge that leverage, and has not directed his negotiators to make substantial meaningful progress towards the completion of our JCBA.
*
The past decade has been a painful and costly one for us.* There is not one of us who has not been harmed financially, professionally and personally.* Over this same time, the management team that literally caused this pain, which shrank our airline and which brazenly thinks that it can take more from you has, as reported by the Associated Press here rewarded itself with retention bonuses, massive pay raises and stock distributions that can only be described as immoral, and triple what they were the previous year.
*
Let me remind you of the failures of management that got us here.
*
·******** During negotiations for our 2003 Bankruptcy Agreement, CEO Glenn Tilton repeatedly stated that there would be “Shared sacrifice, and shared rewards.”* He failed to deliver on that promise.
·******** At a US Senate Committee hearing on the proposed merger of UAL and CAL on May 27, 2010, Jeffrey Smisek stated, “We are committed to continuing our cooperative labor relations and to integrating our workforces in a fair and equitable manner and negotiating contracts with our unions that are fair to the employees and fair to the Company.”* Former CEO Glenn Tilton sat next to Mr. Smisek and corroborated this intent.* They have failed to do so.
·******** UAL management committed to negotiate our JCBA by September 2010.* They failed to do so.
·******** In discussions with some United Airlines MEC members in January 2012, the CEO dedicated himself to finishing negotiations without delay.* He has failed to do so.
·******** As of February 15, 2012, there have been approximately 100 negotiating meetings with approximately 20 of them supervised by the NMB.* On all major issues – work rules, R&I, Compensation and Scope - after two years in negotiations, not one of the cost item sections has been completed.
·******** There have been more than *150 meetings with United since negotiations began – executive management has attended six.
·******** THE CEO HAS ATTENDED ZERO NEGOTIATING SESSIONS SINCE NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN, despite his promises to Congress and to ALPA for a smooth and seamless resolution.
*
I have been entrusted by the United MEC, and ultimately by the pilots of United Airlines to carry out the business of the pilots.* There is no more serious business than that which we are embarking upon today.* The team that we have assembled to advise us is second to none.* The firms that we have hired are nonpareil in the field of labor relations and more importantly, in attaining the successful completion of a collective bargaining agreement.
*
Unity will carry us forward.* United Airlines management has once again succeeded, as it did in 1985, to unify this pilot group with intransigence, hubris and disdain for this pilot group.* We are singularly focused upon achieving an industry leading collective bargaining agreement.* Management will know the weight of the leverage that we now wield.*
*
We are United,
*
*
Captain Jay Heppner
Chairman, United Master Executive Council
*
*
*
Air Line Pilots Association, International
Air Line Pilots Association, International
04-30-2012, 11:35 AM
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·******** UAL management committed to negotiate our JCBA by September 2010.* They failed to do so.
·******** In discussions with some United Airlines MEC members in January 2012, the CEO dedicated himself to finishing negotiations without delay.* He has failed to do so.
·******** As of February 15, 2012, there have been approximately 100 negotiating meetings with approximately 20 of them supervised by the NMB.* On all major issues – work rules, R&I, Compensation and Scope - after two years in negotiations, not one of the cost item sections has been completed.
·******** There have been more than *150 meetings with United since negotiations began – executive management has attended six.
·******** THE CEO HAS ATTENDED ZERO NEGOTIATING SESSIONS SINCE NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN, despite his promises to Congress and to ALPA for a smooth and seamless resolution.
·******** In discussions with some United Airlines MEC members in January 2012, the CEO dedicated himself to finishing negotiations without delay.* He has failed to do so.
·******** As of February 15, 2012, there have been approximately 100 negotiating meetings with approximately 20 of them supervised by the NMB.* On all major issues – work rules, R&I, Compensation and Scope - after two years in negotiations, not one of the cost item sections has been completed.
·******** There have been more than *150 meetings with United since negotiations began – executive management has attended six.
·******** THE CEO HAS ATTENDED ZERO NEGOTIATING SESSIONS SINCE NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN, despite his promises to Congress and to ALPA for a smooth and seamless resolution.
04-30-2012, 11:58 AM
#8
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Here we go..........
NMB what say you? ---- Even if you say not a chance - the press ITSELF will pressure the BOD to chomp at Smisek's tail to get things going again at the negotiations.
Pierce- what say you? --- Who cares - you are a MGT shill - it was NEVER about you. It is about the UAL pilots (LUAL & LCAL) united against over 10 years of substandard contracts and job security. The "rest" of the pilots can be added to "THE" list or remain on it with added updated information.
FUPM
Here we go..........
NMB what say you? ---- Even if you say not a chance - the press ITSELF will pressure the BOD to chomp at Smisek's tail to get things going again at the negotiations.
Pierce- what say you? --- Who cares - you are a MGT shill - it was NEVER about you. It is about the UAL pilots (LUAL & LCAL) united against over 10 years of substandard contracts and job security. The "rest" of the pilots can be added to "THE" list or remain on it with added updated information.
FUPM
04-30-2012, 12:00 PM
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Posts: 27
Call your LEC Reps, Skip JP, Get ONBD
CAL guys--call your LEC reps, skip JP, and get onbd this phcking train.
NObody wants to do this without you. You have been equally abused and delayed by this cleptocracy of a management team to what UAL has suffered. This is Your career, not JP's.
NObody wants to do this without you. You have been equally abused and delayed by this cleptocracy of a management team to what UAL has suffered. This is Your career, not JP's.
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