Home Register Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ Donate Contact Us

» Last Post
Free For All Forum
Last post by Journey Man
Today 12:18 AM
Aviation Forum
Last post by Journey Man
Yesterday 11:57 PM
Employment
Last post by Bad link
09-04-2008 11:06 AM
» September 2008
S M T W T F S
31 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 1234
» Humor
- by GT
A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost.

He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The woman below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."

"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.

"I am," replied the woman, "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help so far."

The woman below responded, "You must be in Management."

"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault!"
» Recent Announcements
Title, Username, & Date Last Post
Our IAM brothers in local 751 are on strike...
09-06-2008 11:50 AM
09-06-2008 11:50 AM
by UPS767MECH
Unregistered Users Post Formatting Abilities
08-23-2008 12:19 PM
08-23-2008 12:19 PM
by Tom D
New Smilies
08-12-2008 08:18 PM
08-12-2008 08:18 PM
by Tom D
» Recent News
Title, Username, & Date Last Post Forum
The Ballot Box, the Bread Box and the Button
Yesterday 06:08 AM
by GT
Labor News
Structural Failure Takes Life Of Reno Race...
09-06-2008 10:22 PM
by GT
Aviation News
Video: McCain, Palin court working-class...
09-06-2008 07:56 PM
by GT
Headline News
Firebug Flight Attendant No-Show For Court...
09-06-2008 02:35 AM
by GT
Aviation News
» August 2008 Issue
May 29, 2008 - 10:19 PM - by GT

Death Of An Airline

Here where I work there is a lot of employee discontent. A lot of it. It’s understandable due to the on going attack on all of us. Loss of pensions, bankruptcy, layoffs and it just goes on and on.

The results are near last in on time departures, lost bags and just plain poor customer service. Employees loyalties are gone and so goes the ability for the airline to operate efficiently. Few step up to go above and beyond. Few are interested in the success of the airline any longer.

Majority of us are in our fifties and hope to be gone soon. Looking for another line of work or retirement is our goal. Most employees are putting in the 8 hours of minimum output and no more.

We are now experiencing an all out war by some employee groups. Now frustrated and wanting to expedite change, sick outs, intentional delays and other job actions are occurring.

I have been employed here for 23 years and never have I seen it so bad. I see a once great company dying. I am confident in saying the board of directors and executives are responsible for this situation. Yet, the road we as employees are going down will not be successful. We are wrong in the actions we have taken. Why? Because we are losing the public’s approval by those actions.

How many of us have waited at a gate to fly somewhere and one of your concerns is whether that aircraft is going to go? You watch through the window and see if there are any unusual activities going on. Do you recall how important it was for you to fly that day? Now multiply that by a hundred to 400 people. And then multiply that by about a 100 to 150 flights a day from each station. It all adds up to a lot of unhappy customers who are angered about the actions of those employees. Those customers who are fed information by the media who are fed information by our corporate executives. We are giving them, the company, ammunition to win the publics opinion.

How do we succeed in these times? First, we must be proactive. We must educate the public. Sound familiar? Yes I have preached this many times and I will say it again. It is too important if we are going to be successful. We educate the public. We force our unions to spend the money needed to educate the public by all media available. We as individuals can contact our local papers by writing our thoughts and concerns to the papers editorial page. We also contact our government representatives to express our concerns.

I am sure I will get chastised for this thought. Many have said it won’t do any good. The government is corrupt and in bed with corporations. This I agree is true. But, who puts those officials in office? Who elects the union officials? We do. Now we must take the time to change. To be proactive. You either choose to become part of this revolution or you choose to be part of the problem that needs to be changed.

I have grown frustrated with my fellow workers. They choose to spend their time surfing the web or watching the television while they could be making their voice heard one contact at a time. They should be attending Union Meetings and making their voices heard. Is it easier to perform a job action than to write a letter to an official?

Win the publics approval and the media will follow. Win the media and the government will follow. Win the government, and corporate greed will be replaced with middle class justice.

GT Davis
» Log in
User Name:

Password:

Not a member yet?
Register Now!
» Current Poll
What would be the most successful plan to influence management?
» Powerpoints
- by GT
B-17

Afraid Of Heights?

Aviation Photos

Unusual Aircraft

DOCK 2 Fire Extinguisher

Quantas B747

Kallita Plane Crash

Kallita Plane Crash 2

Hurricane Katrina

B777 Crash

Russian Airshow 2007

P-51 Mishap

1942

Planes Never Seen

Dangerous Airports
» Quote
- by GT
You land a million planes safely, then you have one little mid-air and you never hear the end of it ...

— Air Traffic Controller, New York TRACON, Westbury Long island. Opening quotation in movie 'Pushing Tin,' 1999
» Speak Out
- by GT
Employee Free Choice Act

The Time Has Come for Fair Trade
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.0.1

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 04:49 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
The-AMT Copyright © 2008