blow.n.gasket :
Who's next for the position?
Wouldn't be the young turk on the safety video, would it?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA hah ha h hah ha hAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA ahhah ahahha ha a a haaa h AHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH.
He doesn't have the brains for the job he is currently in - instead preferring to wield a big stick.
What The :
The Head of People (Engagement Surveys) is telling one and all that the pilots won't take action as they don't trust the union.
Obviously he was not at the AIPA meetings.
I think that you would struggle to find more than a handful of F/Os and S/Os who would not lay their nuts (or breasts, ladies) on the line for this one. There is nothing to lose this time - our careers are already endangered!
Remember - This "poker game" is the way the the company want negotiations to be conducted nowadays. If you think that this will be a one off and once we have stood up for ourselves, the company will leave us alone - YOU ARE WRONG!
Whilst we have this current line up in management we will have to push for every single cent we retain, every time we sit down at the table! Their role is to push us as far as they can in order to save every last cent, and in the "poker game" book of negotiations our role is to resist that until - BINGO - we suddenly reach a compromise (and this WILL happen - it is just a matter of time and possibly some pressure from both sides).
Don't feel bad about it! As Geoff Dixon himself said "It's just business".
It is sad that this is the way that business has to be conducted, but it is reality now.
IT IS OUR RIGHT TO FIGHT FOR OUR CONDITIONS! And remember Protected Industrial Action is just that - PROTECTED.