But the company expects us to maintain our goodwill, to provide them with material benefit, and then tries guilt, patriotism, threats and emotion to try and maintain that goodwill when circumstances push us towards taking it away
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FOP management spin these lies continuously and use the term 'professional' as the 'final line in the sand'. There seems similarities between the DFO's last letter and GMF's letter - one minute we're trusted with a three hundred million USD machine with hundreds of lives yet we are spoken to as a father speaking to a child or headmaster speaking at a school assembly.
What I find more annoying are the lies told to the HK media later, if things don't go the way management want - nonsense such as we hold our customers at ransom by disrupting the flights. I may be wrong, but I don't recall reading such lies when our cabin crew had their issues.
We follow our contract just as crew control, FCRM or anyone on the third floor will tell you, "It's in your contract", should you ask for something outside the agreement.
Goodwill is a 'two way street', just as respect is also. They want us to help, then they can help us when we are in need - pay raise, bases, overseas taxation issues, stable roster, medical, staff travel benefits, housing etc.
Clearly [historically] our management have dragged things out yet claim that they've presented the AOA GC offers on the condition that they (AOA) will strongly recommend it to its membership and in turn propose voting for it in an affirmative manner. The end result (in the world of management) is that the proposal is actioned and any further complaints later on is silenced by, "You agreed upon it and voted FOR it". Again - trusted with a multi million piece of machinery, yet advise us how to vote rather than read what is being proposed and decide on your own accord. What sort of archaic manner is this?
I'm glad that the GC can see through their nonsense.
.....yep, interesting days ahead.
*stepping off soap box*