now you can pay dues to get raises whenever GMR gives raises.

thats glad to have a few more in the crowd of fools.

Exactly! 

The pilots will pay dues to and be supposedly represented by fellow pilots with already inflated egos. Pilots that now will be given an official soapbox. Once again, it's Management vs. Pilots. The climate there must suck. 

says the revolt from the field continues.  Slooooow but sure.

Tough business.

so as a member, I most certainly give a damn. 

Now the pilots have to pay union dues...and for what exacly? 

Efforts to retain pilots is nothing new. The union make recommendations, that operators are already aware of and consider despite the union.  Typically, the union will claim any positive change victory that was initiated by them. The "what can we do to retain pilots and mechanics" are central questions brought up at most head-shed meetings. Pay, housing, schedules, vacations, 401ks etc., are all discussed, proposed, and implemented without any input from the union. These are not new industry issues. Losing pilots and their aeronautical experience is expensive for all operators. Losing pilots and mechanics costs a company much more than monitarliy. The experienced pilots and mechanics walking out the door have a significant intrinsic value that impacts safety, culture, aeronautical experience, customer satisfaction. All retention ideas are important, discussed, and if able, implemented..Unfortunately the common credo for unions, and I witnessed this first-hand as the L-##8's reps did this very thing, is to jump onto the tail-end touting "look what we did for our dudes!" A negative side to this beahvior is that it weakens the culture. Management vs. Pilots syndrome. Lose-lose. 

I look forward to reading the comments

if you worked for PHI, you would know that 108 represents all PHI pilots, not just oil and gas. I'd be interested to know what "pilot lounge" you were in. If you're going to add details to lend credibility, it helps to get them right.

the moderators deleted the last paragraph where he talks about the lack of education and the political affiliation (which he cmade up) of 108's leadership. too bad, as that's the part that outed him as a fraud. 

he's talking about a completely different company where he also, quite clearly, is not employed at. 

Awesome. Will you show the forum how, exactly, 109 helped their represented pilots from soup-to-nuts? 

I know several Bristow pilots that can shed some light on how well they were represented during the Era merge. Sad that the union takes pilot pay and gives nothing in return. In my little experience, union Stewards, reps and the like are typically disgruntled pilots with overly inflated egos that were given a platform. Most of them remind me of the kids who needed the participation trophy to placate them. All expensive talk. 

Awesome. Will you show the forum how, exactly, 109 helped their represented pilots from soup-to-nuts? 

I know several Bristow pilots that can shed some light on how well they were represented during the Era merge. Sad that the union takes pilot pay and gives nothing in return. In my little experience, union Stewards, reps and the like are typically disgruntled pilots with overly inflated egos that were given a platform. Most of them remind me of the kids who needed the participation trophy to placate them. All expensive talk. 

Awesome. Will you show the forum how, exactly, 109 helped their represented pilots from soup-to-nuts? 

I know several Bristow pilots that can shed some light on how well they were represented during the Era merge. Sad that the union takes pilot pay and gives nothing in return. In my little experience, union Stewards, reps and the like are typically disgruntled pilots with overly inflated egos that were given a platform. Most of them remind me of the kids who needed the participation trophy to placate them. All expensive talk. 

Awesome. Will you show the forum how, exactly, 109 helped their represented pilots from soup-to-nuts? 

I know several Bristow pilots that can shed some light on how well they were represented during the Era merge. Sad that the union takes pilot pay and gives nothing in return. In my little experience, union Stewards, reps and the like are typically disgruntled pilots with overly inflated egos that were given a platform. Most of them remind me of the kids who needed the participation trophy to placate them. All expensive talk. 

They put workers before big business and politics. 

treat members with respect and as professional.

represent and fight for the good workers and hold those that give us a bad name accountable

and responsible for their actions and broke the mold on typical unions who only defend the 

troublemakers and lazy. They provide a ton of benefits for members and their families 

and even gave us our dues back for year when the company refused to give us a raise.

I for one and very happy with the 109 and obviously the check airmen seen something they liked and 

want to be a part of it! I say welcome to OPEIU and I hope they get rolled into yhe 109. It would be great to

have bidding rights and protections that work between the line and training department. A lot of great

instructors refuse to go to training because of what they would lose. I hope thats the first fix because the

company is missing out on great people  

They take money from every pilot, and push it back only to members in the form of "benefits".   Really, it's stealing from non-members to put money into members pockets!

dudes sure do get upset when you point out their uselessness. Note the down votes on this thread when the union sham is pointed out.

but yeah, rage.

simple writing.  You are right where you belong, in a group that protects the underperforming.

more likely what you said was complete garbage

so the big problem is the union taking credit for things they didn't directly have a say in and this makes the company mad at the pilots and you saw this first hand and I totally believe this because yeah this all makes perfect sense. lol