AA pilot dispute

[Fatboy Joe]

The pilots have been doing more than that, including flight delays for other purposes, calling in sick, etc. And I'd bet that light bulb was out before they pushed away from the gate.

I bet it was too. But that doesn't mean they can't have it fixed prior to a flight. This is what happens with over regulation. The FAA is a joke and the pilots are using to their advantage against the company. I know am sure their are several members of this board who work for the FAA or on FAA contracts, but they should privatize the whole organization.

Why is it wrong for an employee to use the benefits agreed upon which they might end up losing in the battle anyways?

 

[Hemi4me]

What's a tailcone baggage light?

 

[338Shooter]

Kinda like a tag light.

 

[Dave70968]

Without knowing the aircraft model, I'm guessing it's the lamp that warns when the tailcone baggage door is unsecured. Having unsecured doors is generally a Bad Thing, especially on pressurized aircraft, and can lead to such undesirable consequences as partial loss of flight controls, explosive decompression and ejection of seats, and crash w/ loss of all hands (see no. 5).

 

[ahamay6]

Ahamay, is the light on the Minimum Equipment List?

I couldn't say. I don't fly the md-80. My guess is no, but that's not the road I'm going down on this deal. I'm not talking about the legality. I would never encourage any pilot to do something unlawful in an aircraft and furthermore would never encourage a pilot do do something that jeapordizes the safety of flight. That said, particularly on these old airplanes, if they delayed or grounded a flight for every little squawk, nobody would get anywhere.

 

[ez bake]

I'm not sure, but it sounds a bit like you're trying to say the only ones who care are the union employees?

I would bet the shareholders care a great deal. Since it is their company to begin with.

I'm saying the only people who care are the ones who continued doing their job (competently) despite how miserable they were made (and I'm not pro/anti union, I'm against corporate incompetence). They finally had enough since they see that the company is going down in flames no matter what they do.

The shareholders care about exactly one thing - and it ain't the comfort of the passengers, the welfare of the employees, or the brand name. It's money, and with corporate shareholders having shorter and shorter life-spans, buying a large chunk of stock in a company is more like day-trading and a lot less like a long-term investment. The investors

What the executives and shareholders did with AMR is basically one of the saddest most dangerous games of chicken in the history of corporate America and the worker-bees (including non-labor IT workers) fell for it for quite a few years before finally bucking up against it.

It used to be that investors, executives, and financiers had long-term interests, so they actually still cared about profit 1st, but then a close 2nd was the happiness/comfort of the employees (because happy employees are more productive/loyal than miserable ones who are screwed every chance you get), and 3rd was the community/economy.

Now its all about the money baby.

Fact: Pretty much any board member in a larger public corporation has signed a document stating that they would stab a baby in the face if it gained them a quick nickel per share.*















*Based on research I did while looking through YouTube videos of Scrubs out-takes/bloopers.

 

[KOPBET]

So wasn't American losing money hand over fist?

 

[HMFIC]

Just one more good reason not to fly. Period.

 

[ahamay6]

So wasn't American losing money hand over fist?

Sure they were if you dont count the 4 BILLION dollars in cash assets

 

[ExtremistPullup]

maybe it's caused by electronic devices