Any UA pilots or mechanics on FT: why so many MX this year?
Jun 29, 2015, 10:29 pm
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Are there any UA pilots or mechanics on FT that can answer this question: why does UA have so many MX delays and cancellations nowadays? I know that us armchair pilots/mechanics have our opinions, so no need to add those to this thread -- would prefer that we not regurgitate this. Rather, would prefer to hear something from actual UA employees. Thanks!
Jun 29, 2015, 10:38 pm
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Jun 29, 2015, 11:04 pm
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What about SFO, IAH, and ORD? I would think some action by a work group wouldn't be so concentrated to just a few stations.
Jun 29, 2015, 11:21 pm
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DL's worst hub, SEA, is under 1%.
Jun 29, 2015, 11:24 pm
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The disparity with DL also seems to suggest something far out of the ordinary.
Well this is pure speculation . . . but it is not uncommon for localized workforces to be more or less radicalized than those in other locales. Unions are personality driven.
Jun 30, 2015, 12:37 am
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Delta has an internal goal to not cancel any flights (and they're often successful several days of the quarter). United has a goal to not exceed 80% on time performance, and they generally meet that as well.
I would expect DL to have better metrics than UA, given their stated focuses.
Jun 30, 2015, 12:44 am
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Well if it's a radicalized local then I think it's unfair to characterize the entire work group as engaging in a job action, which is what was suggested by the OP
Jun 30, 2015, 1:00 am
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Jun 30, 2015, 3:13 am
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Jun 30, 2015, 5:05 am
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Jun 30, 2015, 6:44 am
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You know that is not the goal.
Yet, a statement of public record continues to be intentionally misquoted to provide a very different meaning. "...reliability above 80% have diminishing returns..."
Jun 30, 2015, 6:47 am
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Jun 30, 2015, 7:21 am
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It was not unusual for a job action to be ordered from the top to specific locations, sometimes even rotating the locations. One local might call in 50% sick for a day, or maybe one would be asked to under-perform for a week. It was then up to the local bosses to carry out the action. There was rarely anything big at my location and the local leader didn't seem too involved, but we heard stories about the other locations.
I would say we were all participating in a job action, just to different degrees.
Jun 30, 2015, 7:55 am
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(While they may not be trying to NOT exceed 80%...it's a POV truly divorced from reality to believe that when your company's leader says basically "it's not worth it" to do better than a mediocre target, that there will actually be sustained attempts to beat it)