Rumor has it some mechs at RLC are working to get the union up and going again.

In your front door. That's a show I wanna see. The sick lame and lazy unite Under the EIEIO banner.

yeah i was asked if i would be interested in returning to the gulf if they could make it happen, apparently they have enough of us old union guys it could be possible

What would be the incentive for that?

If it's that bad there are lots of opportunities in the GOM...watching good people leave for other operators is a bad thing. 

Worse is the number good mechanics leaving the industry for good. The airlines and plants are paying a whole lot more for a wole lot less responsibilty. 

And waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat wondering if you put the oil cap back on after being distracted by the phone three times while trying to finish an inspection. Then getting up, getting dressed, driving back out to the base and finding out you did put it back on after all. 

Any mechanic that says he has never woke up, even once and wondered if something wasn't finished is someone to stay away from. 

Again because you can't read and understand a contract written in 8th grade English.... all the arbitrations you could loose again. Keep building on that 0-7 record and make the company spend money foolishly. drive another company under with a hostile workforce. Can't wait. Popping my popcorn now for the show. Please please please let's get it done.. ROTGLMMFAO!!!!

If it were run by people with realistic expectations who want to partner with a company and actually understand that it needs to be a true symbiotic relationship where both entities profit and flourish. Unfortunately every union I have been involved with in this industry attracts the selfish, agenda driven, lazy, non-productive members of the workforce as union leadership. The company/union relationship digresses into a virus vs. host like relationship with the virus like union obsessed with self replicating at all cost with little to no regard to the hosts health and wellbeing. The ultimate failure of the union is the lack of interest and involvement by the majority of the workforce that are hard working good people. I have seen it in my two runs with unions in my career. This allows the vocal minority of sick, lame and lazy bad actor employees to control the union. These hostile, ill equipped for leadership few through their actions portray to the company that they have a hostile workforce as a whole and the workforce is treated accordingly. If you truly want a union, be engaged, be thoughtful, and more importantl, be involved. An as the OP himself put it "us old union guys hanging around" would not be my first, second, or third choice to lead. Look at the track record......

That is all....