Amerijet On Strike!

Re: Amerijet pilots ratify first contract

Just think, airline pilots used to be paid a lot because their companies wanted the best and brightest. Now we are paid crap because it's all a numbers game. Amerijet pilots fly 727's without bathrooms in them for less money than store managers make. While this strike was good for our cause because of a successful outcome I have to say I'm not feeling great about a career choice in which your wages are strong armed. I'd rather be wanted, I guess is what I'm saying.
 
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Any details available about the new contract? Did the Amerijet crews get what they were seeking?
 
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This was taken from another forum, here's a few highlights:



There are numerous improvements over the QOL issues we had with the company:

Four more days off bring the total to twelve.

11.5 hours rest in base and 9 hours hotel-hotel in outstations. That is better than our 8 hours block in to block out in and out of base that we had before.

Seniority based upgrade.

PFE upgrade.

Per diem almost doubles next year.

We have scope. Finally.

Grievance and discipline processes that we didn't have before.

We are getting coolers, microwaves, and toilets/lavs in all of the aircraft.

3% per year on the hourly pay (better than the whole nothing we were getting before) 10% snap back next year or earlier. 3% on ANY new aircraft.

We get a sick bank. Yay!

They can't put the schedule for the next bid period out the day before. They need to have it published at least 6 days prior.

There is more but it could take me all day. We are still holding the line and I am headed there now.

Like I said, it's not everything we wanted. But, it is a great improvement over the current conditions. I will let you all know how the voting goes. We are happy that we are going to be contractual after five years of fighting this horrible management team!
 
Re: Amerijet pilots ratify first contract

ATN_Pilot said:
This was taken from another forum, here's a few highlights:


There are numerous improvements over the QOL issues we had with the company:

Four more days off bring the total to twelve.

11.5 hours rest in base and 9 hours hotel-hotel in outstations. That is better than our 8 hours block in to block out in and out of base that we had before.

Seniority based upgrade.

PFE upgrade.

Per diem almost doubles next year.

We have scope. Finally.

Grievance and discipline processes that we didn't have before.

We are getting coolers, microwaves, and toilets/lavs in all of the aircraft.

3% per year on the hourly pay (better than the whole nothing we were getting before) 10% snap back next year or earlier. 3% on ANY new aircraft.

We get a sick bank. Yay!

They can't put the schedule for the next bid period out the day before. They need to have it published at least 6 days prior.

There is more but it could take me all day. We are still holding the line and I am headed there now.
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Good to hear! Especially the basic human amenities. Looks like good stuff.

Like I said, it's not everything we wanted. But, it is a great improvement over the current conditions. I will let you all know how the voting goes. We are happy that we are going to be contractual after five years of fighting this horrible management team!
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And that's what matters, IMO. Nothing's ever a 100% win in anything, but to get the degree of improvement that it appears they got, they really did well for themselves. At least setting the bar somewhere they're happy with, and improving from there in time.

Good for them!

As an aside, this particular strike should demonstrate what a good, unified bunch of people working together for a common goal can achieve, regardless of the scab or scab-recitivism percentage that was seen. Should be a good model for what other pilot groups could accomplish, given the right set of circumstances.

Speaking of the scabs, shouldn't the new contract only apply to those that actually honored the strike?:)
 
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I'm very happy for Amerijet's pilot group! Good solidarity among the other pilot groups as well. This is indeed a very tight community.

Boy will those who crossed the picket lines feel the wrath!
 
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MikeD said:
Speaking of the scabs, shouldn't the new contract only apply to those that actually honored the strike?:)
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No kidding.

"Hey, where do you think your going? You don't get to use my Lav! Here is your scab bag (handing him the old pee bag)." :rotfl:
 
ljg said:
Might be time to start looking for a new career if you scabbed for this strike.
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Agreed. If treatment of scabs plays out like it did in the days of the Continental strike, etc, nobody's going to want to be around anybody that cares if they're a scab.
 
surreal1221 said:
Then, what are you doing?

While I'm merely the messenger, what would you say to the scabs that crossed your line while you were trying to improve your work conditions?
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Yes. I condone scabs.

What would I do?
I'd mark them for future liquidation.
What does yelling do?
What does posting childish threats online do?
I'm sure they'll be taken care of on their next PC.
 
Back to Work Agreement

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Good Afternoon All:
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Your negotiating committee just concluded its conference call with Derry Huff, Isis Suria and Jim Walters (company attorney). We were able to satisfactorily address the open items of the CBA and the return to work issue.
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The contract will be effective on October 1<SUP>st</SUP> however, those who are interested in flying prior to that date can do so by contacting crew scheduling via telephone or CrewNet (should be up and running later today) to bid open times as per the rules and regulations at Amerijet today. Per Derry, you can bid the days that you want to fly and fly what you want per your seniority however, rest, etc. must be taken into account.
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It has been clarified that, though the CBA is not effective until October 1, 2009, there will be no retribution of any of the strikers for we do have a “No Retribution LOA” and the company will not violate RLA and retaliate against its employees for union activity.

I do ask that those of you who need recurrent training contact scheduling as soon as possible to get scheduled for training prior to October 1, 2009, the new bid period.<O:p</O:p
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The CBA will be signed shortly and all will receive it in booklet form for easy access. I am attaching a grievance form for your records in case you need one in the future. Please make sure to keep copies on hand at all times.
We shall be in touch soon. Please feel free to contact me should anything come up prior to my contacting you all.

In Solidarity,
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Daisy Q. Gonzalez<O:p</O:p
Business Representative
Teamsters Local Union No. 769
 
Firebird2XC said:
Agreed. If treatment of scabs plays out like it did in the days of the Continental strike, etc, nobody's going to want to be around anybody that cares if they're a scab.
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Yup. You can make someone miserable without breaking any rules and you better believe that I would take that course of action to anyone who scabbed while I was walking a picket line.

Remember when MLB was going to use replacement players and they actually held spring training with them before the regular players came back?

I don't believe anyone who agreed to be a replacement player ever made it to the major leagues.
 
Thanks for the correction. It has been 14 years since the lockout. I do recall an incident back in the late 1990s where Mike Mussina went to Orioles management and said the team didn't want a replacement player who was due to be called up on the roster. Management agreed to this, and I vaguely remember something about how no replacement player had made it to a major league roster.

Of course, that was in the late 1990s. It's very possible that since then some major league teams took on replacement players. It's been a full decade since then.
 
One of the Mets starters for a few years after the lockout was a replacement player. Rick Reed I believe his name was. He was actually a pretty decent pitcher.
 
Being a scab in the airlines is like having a scarlet A branded to your forehead.

Regardless if a person is pro-union, anti-union or simply pro-business, the truth remains that people whose careers are put into jeopardy by the actions of others tend to take it very personal.

The vehemence against scabs such the quote below attributed to writer, adventurer and trade unionist Jack London isn't as strongly felt in modern times as it was in London's, but many harsh feelings remain when a person is perceived to be a backstabber who would toss their peers under a bus to save their own financial skins.

After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, he had some awful substance left with which he made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water brain, a combination backbone of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles. When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs and Angels weep in Heaven, and the Devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out.
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