Originally Posted by
Sink r8
What's interesting to me, when going the through the website (which is nicely done), is how little substance there is. Lots and lots of optimistic talk, about how things should be, and how we wish they were, but little in the way of how to get there. And lots and lots of indirect complaining about the current MEC, but that's about it.
Assuming he's elected, I wish him well, and hope we don't suffer from the rude awakening I fear he will endure. I hope he's a quick study, and that his intellect is equal to the task. It's going to take a lot more than a virtual campaign, and web-based virtual friendships to make this work.
One topic about which he is 100% correct: the current MEC's communication efforts are poor. So poor that it's opening the door for a guy to ride the Scope wagon, a couple of years experience, a few hundred internet posts, and a few dozen rumors, to a seat on the MEC.
Of course, this only tells me that the current MEC's communications have set the bar so low that anyone could have crossed it. It says little about the people likely to cross that bar. Thankfully, there is more to an individual than a website, so there is still room to hope we will be impressed. The optimist in me hopes this will effect a constructive wake-up call, and that Nestor, if elected, would contribute to a better MEC, and better contracts.
Spot on.
Fact is that unless there is support from the pilots and the reps one works with, it is very hard to affect change.
A definitive path would be awesome to show, but simply put, one man's ideas are just that. One man's. There are well over 20 reps on the MEC and all of their opinions and the opinions of their pilot matter too. A guy telling you that this his way is the only way to do things would not be wise or a reality.
Gaining consensus and support from the pilots he represents as well has other LEC reps is the way to change the tide. Going it alone has proven not to work real well in the past, don't ya agree?
The whole point IMHO of answering questions on how you see things is to do one thing. It gives the pilots an idea where a Candidates "Bookends" are as it relates to each issue. If allows guys to know that if in a closed session of the MEC where they are giving the negotiating committee direction where pilot input in not a possibility, you know where he stands. No more no less.
I would like you to share your ideas for the goals as well. It is only after many pilots voice their ideas and input that we will finally have the ability to create a path that will work.