#aviation unions

[556betrayed]

Something all flight attendants should consider regardless of what airline they are working for:

Groveling should never be a negotiating tactic.

Emotional appeals do not work at the negotiating table.

Ever.

Always remember this!

Thanks, Rock! Flight attendants everywhere adore you!

[destielmemenews]

The strike comes after the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced that 94.6% of union members voted to reject a proposed contract from Boeing. The deal would've included a 25% pay raise over four years, much lower than the requested 40%.

This is expected to halt the production of aircraft in Washington state, where most of the union members are located.

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[irondeterrent]

Soviet MiG-23M in flight in 1989

[enriquemzn262]

Gotta love it when military aircraft manufacturers decide to make passenger aircraft in the laziest way possible, by taking a bomber design and just adding a wider fuselage, for example:

The Soviet Tupolev Tu-104

Comes from the Tu-16 medium bomber

The Tu-114

From the Tu-95

And the Tu-70 prototype

Comes from the soviet copy of the American Boeing B-29 bomber, which also had an official airliner derivative

The Boeing Stratocruiser.

And since we’re outside the iron curtain

The British Avro York

Is a heavily modified variant of the iconic Avro Lancaster heavy bomber.

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

"Kyiv Airport" filmed in Brovary, from the 1939 film Weekdays.

[humanoidhistory]

From the draft folder. (via)

[ghostwarriorrrr]

F-4 Phantom intercepting a Soviet Tu-95 Bear

[dronescapesvideos]

Never forget the past. A Focke-Wulf Fw 190 crashed in a forest near Leningrad in 1943 and was found only in 1989, 45 years later. Never forget history. ➤GERMAN AIRCRAFT VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/WWIIGermany

[theworldatwar]

A German Ju 87D of III./St.G17. Staffel is about to take off from the Dnieper border region - Eastern Front, Summer 1942. Note the wheel casings have been removed to avoid the plane flipping over on poor surfaces during landing / take off

[memenewsdotcom]

Boeing workers go on strike

[556betrayed]

Core Team Member, FADAP Team Member, -800 Committee Team Member Brian Talburt shared with the Core Team on Feb. 7th, 2015 reaching out to SWA "leaders" to support "Team Audrey."

SWA Leadership and TWU 556 "Standing Together."

[hurgablurg]

the united states, Boeing, and the military industrial complex just murdered whistleblower John Barnett while he was testifying against the company for it's poor labour practices, sub-standard parts, and disregard for customer, passenger, and worker safety. they even had the gall to claim it was a suicide. Sure.

capitalism is a plague. the cure is lead.

[enriquemzn262]

So, do you know what happens when you let an aircraft design bureau known for making bombers, make an interceptor?

You get, from Convair, know for making the B-58 Hustler

the world’s first supersonic bomber

The F-102 Delta Dagger

And the F-106 Delta Dart

And from Tupolev, known from pretty much being THE bomber-maker of the Soviet Union, among them the Tu-22 “Blinder”

The Soviet Union’s first supersonic bomber, and the only supersonic bomber to be available for export customers, you get

The Tu-128, the world’s heaviest “fighter” aircraft.

Oh, and for the opposite, see what happens when you let Dassault, known for making France’s fighter jets since WW2

especially supersonic delta wing designs, you get

The Mirage IV, the world’s shortest-ranged nuclear bomber.

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

1984 at Boryspil International Airport, Soviet Ukraine.

[nando161mando]

Toronto airport yesterday: #Pilots know how to throw a protest!

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