Originally Posted by
mitchmu
I thought you said that they "charged" you because you wrote up a mechanical item that was not working properly and that FAA regulations require that particular device to be functional for flight. That sounds like pressure to fly in a non-legal way to me.
No, I didn't mean to imply that. Being charged for something is only something they might use as evidence in a case against us, but it isn't pressure to fly unsafe airplanes. No amount of threats of a delay charge is going to make any of us fly an airplane that we don't think is as safe as it could be.
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Originally Posted by
jchiguy1
You just explained the issue facing United in a nutshell. $misek treats you(pilots, employees), me (loyal flyers), the FAA(government agencies) as hated adversaries to be crushed. A successful airline realizes that these things are symbiotic and making everyone happy (as much as that is possible) is key to offering a great product and creating a good business.I also want to thank you FAB and all the other great UA employees who take great care of us everyday and give us some reason to have hope for this airline.
Let me further clarify that: There are opponents out there, which we are competing against, but they are the other airlines, not the employees, passengers, etc.
Especially in any contract negotiations, they tend to spend a lot of energy pitting one work group against another rather than trying to get everyone pulling on the same end of the rope. Divide and conquer is right out of the Negotiations 101 Playbook.
A few of us have said this before but it bears repeating: The employees of UCH could be out in front and all alone as the go-to airline if we had a leadership team that actually sought that as a goal. If they'd do that, then their primary goal of maximizing shareholder value would naturally fall into place.
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