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Pacqing wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 4:10 pm ok thanks, I hope you guys get a decent increase, the AME wages have been a joke way to long.
I fully agree, which is why I completely left years ago. There is no going back without starting over again. It's not just the wage, but this work is just too demanding, and the size of this industry is just too ridiculously small. Aviation is pathetic! I don't care anymore, and if you guys are going on strike, more power to you!

What a pathetic industry! I would like to argue as well that the things we do are not even transferable to other industries. They are specific to Aviation.
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No, you are wrong, AME’s can command very high wages in other similar industries with very little cross training.
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Few AMEs know how to do that then. I don't know how to do that and my past attempts ended up in failure. Personally speaking, the AME profession sucks! It's not just the pay but the treatment and lifestyle are also incredibly bad! I've had enough and I can no longer do it anymore! Doing this job just takes a big toll on your health! You are bending over all the time, you work on shitty schedules, you are working with too much chemicals, etc. A mechanical job such as this has no upward mobility! It's a very demanding blue-collar job! Obviously you cannot do this forever!
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AME’s can cross to millwright with their skills,makes you a bit over experienced for the job but if the pay & the job is there….

My dad transitioned to millwright & was even asked why he would go backward - his answer was that that’s where the job was.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.7248086

Looks like they were ordered back to work by the Federal Government. Does this make them an essential service that the government can order them back?
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dash8dave wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:12 pm https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.7248086

Looks like they were ordered back to work by the Federal Government. Does this make them an essential service that the government can order them back?
Didn’t you guys claim your Liberal government friends would never, EVER do this, unlike the big bad Harper Gov?

LOL!
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rookiepilot wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:16 pm
dash8dave wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:12 pm https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.7248086

Looks like they were ordered back to work by the Federal Government. Does this make them an essential service that the government can order them back?
Didn’t you guys claim your Liberal government friends would never, EVER do this, unlike the big bad Harper Gov?

LOL!
I'm not sure who you are calling a Liberal Rookie but if you are referring to me I'm officially offended.
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dash8dave wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:29 pm
rookiepilot wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:16 pm
dash8dave wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:12 pm https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.7248086

Looks like they were ordered back to work by the Federal Government. Does this make them an essential service that the government can order them back?
Didn’t you guys claim your Liberal government friends would never, EVER do this, unlike the big bad Harper Gov?

LOL!
I'm not sure who you are calling a Liberal Rookie but if you are referring to me I'm officially offended.
No one in particular, but a lotta people were praising JT that he’d never do this. Where is Singh? Polishing his rolex? No one is a Liberal fan now, surprise surprise.

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Well can the AME’s pull a wildcat strike?

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Email and call your MP, especially if they're Liberal.
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Looks to me like a Liberal Gov't trying to gain favor with the travelling public.
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WJ mechanics are on strike.
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Good job guys. You have my absolute support.
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My understanding is Trudeau is on the phone with WestJet management right now VERY upset that his wife and her bf's travel plans have been disrupted.
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Daniel Cooper wrote: Fri Jun 28, 2024 9:13 pm My understanding is Trudeau is on the phone with WestJet management right now VERY upset that his wife and her bf's travel plans have been disrupted.
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Daniel Cooper wrote: Fri Jun 28, 2024 9:13 pm My understanding is Trudeau is on the phone with WestJet management right now VERY upset that his wife and her bf's travel plans have been disrupted.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

That's the best thing I've ever heard!
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All of us AME's who now sit on the sidelines support you guys 100%. Finally able to apply the pressure that was denied to us to fix the damage that has been done to the trade and make it attractive once again hopefully. Bravo. Just waiting to see the government response now. This is not an essential service it's just an airline. The government is in a shaky legal position if they enact back to work legislation.
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All The Best to the WJ AME's, nice to see a group with some guts. Westjet Management are proving what scumbags they truly are.
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Interesting to see how many people support workers rights to a fair salary and compensation, but only when it doesn't inconvenience them. Oh no your flight to Mexico might be cancelled how horrific. :roll: As already mentioned, air travel isn't a right, it's a privilage. Go fly with another airline for now or drive.
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frosti wrote: Sun Jun 30, 2024 8:39 am Interesting to see how many people support workers rights to a fair salary and compensation, but only when it doesn't inconvenience them. Oh no your flight to Mexico might be cancelled how horrific. :roll: As already mentioned, air travel isn't a right, it's a privilage. Go fly with another airline for now or drive.
Those negative voices are a necessary part of the process. They show the anger of the traveling public causing bad PR, which should put extra pressure on management to settle.
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frosti wrote: Sun Jun 30, 2024 8:39 am Interesting to see how many people support workers rights to a fair salary and compensation, but only when it doesn't inconvenience them. Oh no your flight to Mexico might be cancelled how horrific. :roll: As already mentioned, air travel isn't a right, it's a privilage. Go fly with another airline for now or drive.
“Worst day of my life” vibes from CBC…
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None of the news articles and public opinion quotes I've read seem to blame the mechanics. It's all along the lines of "wj needs to be more compassionate". I know the passengers mean wj needs to be more compassionate towards the customers, but it applies to every employee group too, especially the mechanics.
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