In-flight crew efforts to bridge the gap
Jul 9, 12, 9:00 am
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In-flight crew efforts to bridge the gap
It seems that there is a growing number of in-flight crew who are fed up with the us v them mentality of the two sides of the company. Some FAs have launched a simple program to have crew members trade their scarves or ties with members from the "other side." The goal is to get to a more unified and friendly place for all the crew much more quickly than union contract negotiations can ever realize.
I'm supporting the effort and hopeful that it is successful. They seem to have a decent bit of momentum and growing quickly given that they just started last week.
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I'm supporting the effort and hopeful that it is successful. They seem to have a decent bit of momentum and growing quickly given that they just started last week.
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Jul 9, 12, 9:17 am
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It's amazing the company still hasn't standardized uniforms, and they still refer to the divisions as sUA and sCO.
Those efforts would help reduce some of the bickering.
It's good to see some of Jeff's co-workers taking it into their own hands.
Those efforts would help reduce some of the bickering.
It's good to see some of Jeff's co-workers taking it into their own hands.
Jul 9, 12, 9:21 am
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What do the little s's stand for? (I could use my imagination, I guess, but is it really a word not allowed on FT?)
Jul 9, 12, 9:26 am
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If you have employees that cannot work together and who function under different CBA's, there's no reason to pretend that you've merged the operation by going to a single uniform. That's just more window dressing. When the groups are finally merged, CBA's are finalized, single uniforms will be worn and I suspect that a great deal of this "ex-" rubbish will end.
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
What do the little s's stand for? (I could use my imagination, I guess, but is it really a word not allowed on FT?)
Jul 9, 12, 9:31 am
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Originally Posted by EWR756
If you have employees that cannot work together and who function under different CBA's, there's no reason to pretend that you've merged the operation by going to a single uniform. That's just more window dressing. When the groups are finally merged, CBA's are finalized, single uniforms will be worn and I suspect that a great deal of this "ex-" rubbish will end.
DL/NW certainly did.
Jul 9, 12, 9:43 am
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Originally Posted by channa
I suspect you'll have unified uniforms well before that.
DL/NW certainly did.
DL/NW certainly did.
Jul 9, 12, 9:45 am
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Originally Posted by channa
I suspect you'll have unified uniforms well before that.
DL/NW certainly did.
DL/NW certainly did.
Jul 9, 12, 9:47 am
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Originally Posted by channa
It's amazing the company still hasn't standardized uniforms, and they still refer to the divisions as sUA and sCO.
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Originally Posted by channa
It's amazing the company still hasn't standardized uniforms, and they still refer to the divisions as sUA and sCO.
Those efforts would help reduce some of the bickering.
It's good to see some of Jeff's co-workers taking it into their own hands.
Those efforts would help reduce some of the bickering.
It's good to see some of Jeff's co-workers taking it into their own hands.
A standardized uniform would be nice, but again, you have to get the cooperation and approval of two different unions operating under two different contracts.
Originally Posted by channa
I suspect you'll have unified uniforms well before that.
DL/NW certainly did.
DL/NW certainly did.
Jul 9, 12, 11:54 am
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It's a start ^ and now if it could continue over so that the "proud Continental crew" announcements 
go the way of the dinosaurs
go the way of the dinosaurs
Jul 9, 12, 1:34 pm
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Originally Posted by goalie
It's a start ^ and now if it could continue over so that the "proud Continental crew" announcements go the way of the dinosaurs
go the way of the dinosaurs
Jul 9, 12, 1:49 pm
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Originally Posted by sbm12
And the "real United crew" announcements, too. :-:
but yes, agreed 100% ^
Jul 9, 12, 2:05 pm
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Originally Posted by goalie
Haven't heard/read reports of that but I'm old 'n bald so I might have missed it but yes, agreed 100% ^
but yes, agreed 100% ^
