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NATCA Going Down in Flames
Assuming, of course, it was useful to begin with.
Don't think so. I suspect the sweat shop employees in the early part of the 1900s would disagree. But it doesn't matter, we have what we have now. Jose -- The monkey turns the crank and thinks he's making the music. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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Larry Dighera wrote: If he's based at a towered field, it would also mean he wouldn't be able to get a taxi clearance to takeoff effectively grounding him. He bases at an uncontrolled field. |
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Ron Lee wrote: Or the union has outlived its usefullness. I never found it to be useful. More of a detriment, actually. |
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Javier wrote: Steven P. McNicoll wrote: Jay Honeck wrote: Zero. I would fly VFR, without them. Do you understand you'd also have to remain clear of Class B, C, and D airspace? Or get weather briefings... Ehh?? |
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Jose wrote: I suspect the sweat shop employees in the early part of the 1900s would disagree. But it doesn't matter, we have what we have now. I assumed "it" referred to NATCA. |
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I assumed "it" referred to NATCA.
I assumed "it" referred to unions in general. Jose -- The monkey turns the crank and thinks he's making the music. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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Ron Lee wrote: Steven, I am not sure that his position is based upon dislike. But if it is, maybe it is just unionized "babies." The newly imposed "contract" applies to all controllers, not just those that joined NATCA. |
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Ron Lee wrote: Steven, I am not sure that his position is based upon dislike. But if it is, maybe it is just unionized "babies." The newly imposed "contract" applies to all controllers, not just those that joined NATCA. |
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message ... On 4 Sep 2006 15:17:06 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote in .com: Of course, Mr. Honeck might not have a problem with the practices at EDS. Okay, I give. What the heck is "EDS"? EDS is Electronic Data Systems, Inc., the folks that do IT for GM. They have a reputation in the industry for draconian labor practices (as did Henry Ford): http://www.realchange.org/perot.htm Abusing His Employees Perot is by all accounts a great motivator, a man who demands great loyalty and extreme hard work from employees, but also can repay it with striking acts of generosity (though rarely much in the way of wages.) He has done things like fly a new employee's wife to Johns Hopkins Hospital in his Lear Jet, after she injured her eye. At the same time, the relationship he creates is one where Perot is all-powerful, and bestows his generosities from on high. He works people extremely hard for little money, and subjects them to intrusive scrutiny, including private investigators, wiretaps, drug tests and lie detector tests. In this regard, he bears a striking resemblance to Ralph Nader, of all people, who also inspires great loyalty, pushes himself at least as hard as he pushes his employees, burns people out for little money, and seems to feel he has a right to monitor and control their lives. For example, discussing salaries has been an immediate firing offense from the first days at EDS, Perot's company. The company dress code, up into the 1970s, required white shirts only for men (he considered blue shirts effeminate), no pants or flats for women, and no "mod looks," as the contract put it. But the intrusion went much further. EDS tapped phones and used detectives to investigate its own employees, according to Posner. He traced license plate numbers in the parking lot to see who came late or left early, just as Nader telephones employees at home on sunny weekends to test how long they work. And in "particularly heated" fights for contracts, employees on the bid team would be physically searched to ensure they did not remove any paperwork that could assist the opposition. (Posner, p94-5) http://www.vault.com/survey/employee...YEER-3100.html Also, in the company cafeteria, unmarried men and women were not allowed to sit together. |
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Dave Stadt wrote:
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message oups.com... Jay Honeck wrote: Zero. I would fly VFR, without them. Do you understand you'd also have to remain clear of Class B, C, and D airspace? No problem. How is that no problem? That's a HUGE problem. |
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