ups767mech
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Yikes! Who's fixing the planes? Is this related to outsourcing aircraft repairs to Chinese mechanics?
Serious question, we heard that somewhere, didn't we?
Direct result of maintenance outsourcing
Yikes! Who's fixing the planes? Is this related to outsourcing aircraft repairs to Chinese mechanics?
Serious question, we heard that somewhere, didn't we?
Mech, I here what youre saying and I feel for you guys, and I know there is some outsourcing but are you telling me all the canceled flights and parked planes has NOTHING to do with it?
I would be a liar if i told you that. The fact of the matter is, If the compnay would stop doing the work of Local 2727 while the aircraft are overseas and waiting to do the work when the plane came back to the US there would be plenty of work to keep everyone employed. As a matter of fact they would have to hire more people.
Ok, and planes go overseas....and just like they do break down need a new APU, holes patched, locks changed , whathaveyou, and please correct me if Im wrong but isnt it sort of like a car somethings are easier to fix when your have whatever off? And I quiet a few planes have defferals on them so SOME (I know its the key word here) of the work is bound to be done over there?
Yikes! Who's fixing the planes? Is this related to outsourcing aircraft repairs to Chinese mechanics?
Serious question, we heard that somewhere, didn't we?
Some interesting notes from a recent article in Air Cargo World regarding this subject.
"UPS says it has no intention of outsourcing line maintenance and appears rather bemused by the Teamsters' position. Since the last UPS mechanics contract was ratified in 2002, the airline has acquired more planes-and created more than 200 additional U.S.-based jobs.
The company says major maintenance-apparently the focus of the Teamsters' campaign-is a highly specialized business and is not a core competence for a parcel delivery company. Having studied the option, UPS concluded that such a facility would cost "hundred of millions of dollars" and not be used for a quarter of any given year.
So the company has contracted out non-line haul maintenance to FAA-licensed Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) facilities of which 90%, it says, are located in the U.S.
Air Cargo World contacted the Teamsters national headquarters and Local 2727 to determine why the union should be including UPS in its "no outsourcing" campaign when line maintenance is not the same as heavy maintenance.
No one was available for comment at press time."
we should buy Fedex.
we should buy Fedex.
well if anyone care admins are losing their jobs-North Jersey and Metro Jersey consolidated and no management lost their jobs, they are all on special assignments until they FIND them something, why is it always the workers and not the ones that sit behind the computer playing with numbers???????
Yikes! Who's fixing the planes? Is this related to outsourcing aircraft repairs to Chinese mechanics?
Serious question, we heard that somewhere, didn't we?
The problem is that UPS only wants there mechanics to defer problems that come up on departure. You cannot run an airline like that. You can't have a virtual airline run by controllers and planners. Airplanes are complicated machines that can do tremendous damage if not maintained properly. We don't want to do overhauls, we only want to do work that should be done to maintain our aircraft in top shape. You can't do that with a flashlight at 4 am on a turnaround. It must be done on checks, in my opinion, at the C check level.
Not sure which gateway you are at, but I only see them defer if it is a non critical flight component that can be fixed at the destination gateway. I have seen heavy maintenance by UPS acmx with my own eyes. Smaller gateways arent always equipped to perform these kinds of things....
Isn't this interesting. After cutting managments pay raises and 401k contribution "until further notice". They have also laid off 60 aircraft mechanics and multiple others throughout the system. Then, our CEO goes to the newspaper and tells them how good UPS is financially and how we are looking to buy assets in this down market. TO ME THATS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO ALL WHO ARE EFFECTED BY THE PAYCUTS AND LAYOFFS.
READ THE ARTICAL HERE:
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090208/BUSINESS/902080320/1003/BUSINESS
Back when the stock went public (99?) we had management people who became millionares when their shares split and were selling at $75. Meanwhile, those of us in the hourly ranks got nothing but the contractually agreed upon hourly pay raise. I didnt complain then, because I had made a choice. You shouldnt complain now...because you also made a choice.
That might be his house across the street, he's laid off.If you want to be miserable working here then please do so without including my management issues into your your hate trip. If I even thing about feeling sorry for myself I just look across the street at the empty house that go foreclosed on. That usually puts things into perspective for me.