Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham on-line poll: 61% expect no contract agreement with SPEEA, Boeing; 57% expect strike
We put two polls into the public domain this week, asking whether SPEEA and Boeing will reach an agreement next month; and if not, will SPEEA strike (a target date is Feb. 1).
The results are in: 61% expect no agreement when talks resume Jan. 9 and 57% expect SPEEA to strike. (These figures reflect results as of this writing. The data may change after this post because polling is still open.)
The percentages are a significant drop from the 96% vote that rejected the Boeing contract offer in October, but it should be noted there is no new offer on the table for SPEEA members to read and evaluate.
Additionally, this poll is of our readers and not specific to SPEEA.
Clearly the expectations are not good.
SPEEA’s executive director, Ray Goforth, is on record expecting talks to fail immediately when they resume because the gap between the union asks and the Boeing positions are so far apart. A strike vote will be solicited once talks break off.
Unlike the IAM 751, which requires a two-thirds affirmative vote for a strike, SPEEA requires only a simple majority.
Predict: What will be the most momentous event of 2013?
2013 stands to be a pretty eventful year, and we’ve listed thoughts for you to vote on. We’ll hide results until voting is complete.
Now a key question: SPEEA and Boeing are on a collision course. Talks resume Jan. 9, but SPEEA already is on record believing talks will immediately collapse. A strike date of Feb. 1 is targeted, but membership has to take a strike vote before a walk out can occur. It’s your turn to vote:
If a contract agreement is not reached, will SPEEA actually go on strike or will talks continue?
Vote for the Best Airplane/Airport Movie
All the nominations seem in, and we’ve added a few of our own. Now it’s time to vote for the Best Airplane/Airport Movies (limited to commercially-based airplanes this time).
There is a separate poll for the Worst Airplane/Airport Movie. Some movies appear on both lists, reflecting differences of opinion.
We’re going to hide the results until voting is done.
Vote for the Worst Airplane/Airport Movie
The nominations are in. Now it’s time to vote for the Worst Airplane/Airport Movie. There is a separate poll for the Best Airplane/Airport Movie. A few movies appear on both lists, reflecting a difference in opinions.
We’re going to hide the results until voting is complete.
Nominations Wanted for the Best airliner/airport type movie
Let’s lighten up over the Christmas holiday and get some good reader participation.
How about submitting as many nominations as you want for the Best Movies involving airliners and/or airports. These can be as recent as Denzel Washington’s “Flight” or as old as…whatever.
These can be dramas such as The High and the Mighty or spoofs such as Airplane. We’re also going to allow Island in the Sky, which although a war movie used DC-3s/C-47s, which of course are airliners. The Terminal is an example of an “airport” movie. The Castaway, while having an airplane a key element and having a major scene at the Memphis Airport, isn’t really a movie that falls into either category.
Make your case in nominating these movies. When it appears nominations have petered off, we’ll compile them into a poll for voting.
We also have a separate poll for the Worst Airplane Movie.
Nominations Wanted for the Worst airplane/airport movies
Let’s lighten up over the Christmas holiday and get some good reader participation.
How about submitting as many nominations as you want for the Worst Movies involving airliners and/or airports. These can be as recent as Denzel Washington’s “Flight” or as old as…whatever.
These can be dramas such as Airport 77 or Airport 79: The Concorde or spoofs such as Airplane 2. Or they can be really ridiculous plots such as Snakes on a Plane. (You can guess a few of our nominations for Worst Airplane Movies….)
Make your case in nominating these movies. When it appears nominations have petered off, we’ll compile them into a poll for voting.
We also have Nominations for the Best Airplane/Airport movies.
Odds and Ends: Mystery Photo #7; Ipad father; SPEEA ups strike prep; end of the world
This is the start of Christmas weekend (none of this “Happy Holidays” stuff) and we don’t expect much news between now and the first of the year. But we’re around and may post if so inspired.
Here’s Mystery Photo #7: What is the artist rendering of this flying machine?
IPad Father: And since it is Christmas and some of us old poops might be getting some newfangled toys, this video is instructive.
SPEEA Ups Strike Prep: And a Happy New Year to you, Boeing: SPEEA is increasing its preparations for a strike beginning Feb. 1. See this story. We hope somehow cooler heads prevail on both sides.
The end of the World: Today, of course, is the end of the world, according to the Mayan calendar–or so some proclaim. CNN Travel has these suggestions in keeping with this spirit. And y’all think we have a warped sense of things.
And here was the forecast for today:
