Comments on: Airline Labor: Tougher Tactics to Come?

By: Randy R Cox

Randy R Cox — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:53:51 +0000

I never miss an opportunity to remind labor of its greatest potential tool, yet it is seldom used.

The complaint is valid, but no one cares. It is a poor tool to use.

Better is the rules strike. The airlines, and every industry guilty of rewarding heavy to the top at the expense of labor make more rules than can be followed.

Labor should take the time to follow to the letter every rule in the book, law, memo or verbal order to the tee. To do this is to get paid to slow things down to a crawl.

The company never likes to talk about the employees suddenly following the rules that are usually ignored.

By: Robert Mark

Robert Mark — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:02:20 +0000

I’m sorry if anyone thinks less of me, but this is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. “Were the birds delivering drugs?”

Still laughing. I used to think the agency was goofy when I worked for them, but this is tops.

Maybe your friends have a few more.

By: KIBBLES

KIBBLES — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:47:58 +0000

AND THEY MADE THE CONTROLLER PEE IN A CUP AFTERWARDS…….WHY!!!!!WAS THE BIRD DELIVERING DRUGS?????

By: Robert Mark

Robert Mark — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:04:35 +0000

Interesting points Ken.

I never did understand how the people who came up through the system were never bright enough to realize that when they became supervisors, they truly had a chance to treat people differently than they had been treated when they were working airplanes.

And now, since these work rules were jammed down people’s throats, the sups do look like they must have been training with whips for some time before this all went down.

By: jeff Martin

jeff Martin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:55:59 +0000

“I can’t wait to see how the first few months evolves. I wonder who is going to be in for more surprises, labor or management.”

Mr Marks, I couldn’t agree more. Definitely some exciting/scary times ahead.

By: Ken Lumetta

Ken Lumetta — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:46:05 +0000

What a great story as opposed to the tragedy this might well have been. I salute all those professional’s that played their heroic parts big and small. It took every single act to achieve this outcome. Act’s I might add played out by union workers! When United we Stand, Greatness is Achieved! As an Air Traffic Controller of 20 some years I’m not looking to our new president for a raise or for back pay all I want is to once again be treated as a Professional and not a slave.