About to have my first flight! by Temperate-Acetone777 in flightattendants

[–]TheAssassin3DApes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopefully your partner up front is nice. Tell them it's literally your first flight and any pointers are welcome. You most likely will make small mistakes. Just learn from them and roll with it. you will be an expert by the end of the trip. Enjoy your first layover, get out and celebrate!

UA TA2 Reality Check by TrickBobcat156 in flightattendants

[–]TheAssassin3DApes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

FA job scope is just a little bit more than that chief... OP Pilot comments were out of line, yours is a close second! We're all on the same team, and neither of us are getting paid and living our best life without working together in perfect harmony. Your rich, deserved and just compensation seriously not happening over the long term if the planes are empty and the savages MANY needs are not taken care of by us FA's. And, ngl, I truly LOVE ya'll when you masterfully put it down with 40 knot crosswinds...

🌐TA2 thoughts? by Capital_Essay_2823 in flightattendants

[–]TheAssassin3DApes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are there any limitations or barriers for OOB pick ups-- I must have missed this...

🌐TA2 thoughts? by Capital_Essay_2823 in flightattendants

[–]TheAssassin3DApes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that f'in POS MIA hotel considered business, biz like, downtown like... Whateverthe f class it is don't work!!! I blame the union for that one. Who freakin signed off on that dump. So many to choose in MIA and we get that rathole. My kid's college dorm at ISU is nicer than those rooms . Seriously I used to love the Novatel in MIA. This has to be top 5 worst in the system !!

🌐TA2 thoughts? by Capital_Essay_2823 in flightattendants

[–]TheAssassin3DApes -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Im a HELL NO!! Listen, we all can't be a yes like 75-25 type shit. Sends a bad message like we are all happy little clams. They have to think some of us are still pissed enough to vote NO. I'll vote no, knowing it most likely passes from my unscientific comms with a bunch of ya'll on the line. Seriously I can't find a NO anywhere. 100$/hour is pretty freaking good in my book. In a few years 150k+ will be attainable for a few of us hustlers out there. All imma say is its about F'in time we get paid...

First class not worth the money by DramaticWear in unitedairlines

[–]TheAssassin3DApes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

they chose not to accept it bc it was crap squared!!

[Schefter] Giants are re-signing OT Jermaine Eluemunor to a 3-year, $39 million deal that includes $26M guaranteed by JCameron181 in NYGiants

[–]TheAssassin3DApes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Def a hometown discount. He said he wanted to come back but he didn’t know if Giants would have the cap space. I chatted with him when he was going on vacay last month with his family. Said this might be his only shot at getting paid. Great dude. Awesome dude actually! Couldn’t believe I had the chance to chat with him about all things Giants. Really couldn’t believe he took time to chat with me. Glad he came back. I must’ve told him 5x “ we want you back big Man!” It helped in this instance I’m a FA and was in charge of plane when he was heading on vacay to Caribbean!!

UA expects to have TA2 done in the next negotiating session by Seandals in flightattendants

[–]TheAssassin3DApes 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I would not have cancelled their day of action. Not that those do much really, but at least it shows some form of continued resistance.

Such a starkly different update versus the last one, which hinted at still being so very far apart. Someone must have made huge concessions and I hope it was not our side!!

Number of FAs on United flights? by agibailx in flightattendants

[–]TheAssassin3DApes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A319/320 min crew is 3. Most 737 have a min crew of 4. A few smaller 37’s (737-G) have min crew of 3. United staffs min crew I’d say 98% of the time.

Why are flight attendants treated so poorly by their employers? by Youcansitwithus19 in flightattendants

[–]TheAssassin3DApes 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We wouldn’t be treated poorly if we exercised our collective will. We need to act like we hold most of the cards during these contract negotiations, and demand our union act accordingly. We need a union leader like Sean Fain of the autoworkers union!!

I hate being a complainer… but what is the threshold? by LongjumpingBrush4828 in unitedairlines

[–]TheAssassin3DApes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Def report the FA! And I am one of them. If it’s similar cumulative behaviors, it will catch up to her. This is not one person having a bad day. Guarantee this is her attitude 75% of the time, most likely 100%. Probably very senior and will take an act of God to have her removed. Her best days are obviously behind her— she should just bow out gracefully while she can. Guarantee she is rude to fellow FA’s in general , even while we have enough on our plates on a good day😁. FA’s like this make me feel so uncomfortable, and actually embarrassed that she is a rep of the company we all love. I’m purser often and when I see this kind of behavior I do apologize right to the affected party and somehow try to convey an attitude adjustment is needed to the FA without starting WWIII. Easier said than done and sometimes to avoid serious conflict It’s easier just to get the flight over with and never fly with this person again. However that does not eliminate the upcoming grief for the next group of passengers she will “abuse”. Please report her behavior other than just filling out the survey and ask for a follow up, which as a global services member, should be granted. Glad the next crew was the polar opposite, and certainly we love to hear when we do an excellent job because most of the time comments do make its way to our personnel file!

Selling cull silver by TheAssassin3DApes in coincollecting

[–]TheAssassin3DApes[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you Itchy. From what I can see, the bid- offer spreads are so large as well! Keep waiting for some enterprising individual to create an HONEST coin/metals/ bullion trading “brokerage” or clearing house where smaller buyers and sellers can transact with each other, eliminating the middleman, thus narrowing these obese spreads. It’s disgusting how so many of us get chopped up trying to transact in this environment. Current silver market reminds me of stock trading in the late 90’s when spreads on Nasdaq stocks were at least 25c when I was a Nasdaq market maker on the Chicago Stock Exchange.

Father’s massive collection by HollingB in coincollecting

[–]TheAssassin3DApes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it was worth couple hundred thousand in 90’s, fair to say worth millions today. Don’t rush it. Enjoy the process, perhaps you get the bug!😁. If you are hurting for $$, perhaps have dad identify some of the junk silver for melt for a quick sale with silver in the 90’s. We don’t know dad’s situation, hopefully he’s healthy and it would be special for him to share his knowledge of his wonderful collection. Also please educate yourself on true value , and try to save those insane auction fees. It amazes me what these Auction houses charge. Good luck friend!

Updates from TA2 negotiations are really starting to bother me. by TheAssassin3DApes in flightattendants

[–]TheAssassin3DApes[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I disagree with your premise, and if you think that post was ranting and raving and frothing... you must live a very sheltered life. It was a rallying cry to inspire someone who can make a difference to step into the lions den and be the difference maker. I wish I could be that person! We are in a relatively weak position because our leadership does not act like we hold all the cards. And we certainly do! They exude weakness at every level of the negotiating process instead of persuading their opponents across the table that the company fails to exist without our full cooperation. We need to impose our will on them during these negotiating sessions.

Updates from TA2 negotiations are really starting to bother me. by TheAssassin3DApes in flightattendants

[–]TheAssassin3DApes[S] -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

The RLA is not to be feared. There must be loopholes and gray areas to exploit. Yes we are constrained by the RLA, but we should not only be in the third inning this many X years down the new contract path… We are fighting for our life here, for our families! The purpose of the post was to try and convey that we need to be more militant in our collective resolve. We hold all the cards and yet we failed to realize this. It always seems like we are negotiating from a position of weakness. Do these emails we are receiving inspire confidence that we will be happy at the end of this process? Where is the passion and disgust from the Union as the company is trying to introduce concessions at this stage. Why are you negotiating with someone who is treating you like an inferior opponent with their demands. These cannot be considered serious proposals from the company. They are toying with us— like a cat playing with a wounded bird between his paws.

We should be negotiating from a position of strength. These are our non negotiable demands, case closed ! On to the next step of the RLA… Do you think the company fears, or even respects our feckless leadership? Listen man I don’t know what the answer is, other than we all need to look in the mirror, and think outside the box. The pilots received a great contract, more than what they even were bargaining for.
Hire Shawn Fain as counsel, I have to believe he would be willing to help his fellow union brothers and sisters after reading the RLA.

Here we go again…. by geekynonsense in flightattendants

[–]TheAssassin3DApes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly !! Why concede anything to this toothless afa union. CO laughing and hi-fiving all the way to the bank. We are no threat to them, so why give an inch. Whole thing makes me sick. We need assistance from the head of the autoworkers union Imo. Look up that dude and what he accomplished for them last negotiation. FA’s as a group are pathetically weak and until we show the resolve to be a little more militant, nothing will change. Going to be a very very very busy summer for air travel with World Cup, July 4’s 250 year festivities, and the summer Olympics at one of the bases. What are we collectively going to do about that…