Thanks for the encouraging words. I am not about to say anything to management about my co-workers that is not positive, as I don’t want any responsibility for the repercussions. I like Blacksheep’s suggestions, but the reality is that those paths do not always pan out.
We have a new union, and it shows promise of encouraging professionalism, so that professional pay wages will appear justified. I hope it works out. I believe the pilot’s unions have used this philosophy to good effect.
All in all I think management is dropping the ball. The company is short mechanics, and some of our bad apples are “protected” people, considered untouchable due to the legal environment in the US, so there is reluctance on the part of management to discipline anyone for fear of harassment charges.
As a humorous aside, one individual (unprotected) was observed lounging in the breakroom between breaks. The individual was waiting for an aircraft he was to work on to come to the hangar. A manager walked by, noticed him, and told him to get out on the hangar floor and do something, anything, clean or such. The individual went to the union to file a grievance against the manager. It took three successive union stewards to convince him that he really wasn’t supposed to be in the breakroom between breaks and it would be silly to try to file a grievance.
Now if only they would fire everyone and hire them back as independent contracters……..
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