Originally Posted by
Ratherbeoffwork
I'd like to know what FAPA's leadership thinks about this.
I can't help but assume they support this. Ask them yourself at the RPC site.
I'd also like to know what the IBT thinks about this.
APC is not a good way to find out. Call your representatives at IBT 357 or e-mail them. You guys elected them. They should be responsive to your requests.
It just seems like a futile attempt to take votes from IBT.
It is an attempt to promote an alternative to our current path which will most likely remain very divisive.
I don't want anything to do with FAPA considering they've never wanted anything to do with me. If the RPC involves FAPA then, no thanks.
That's interesting because, in all honesty, I don't want anything to do with the IBT. But I am absolutely willing to support a representation structure such as RPC where IBT357 is fully involved and supported by RPC.
All this does is give management a way to CONTINUE to play one group against another. Come on FAPA, stop turning this into an new east/west situation.
East/West is most likely what we will have for many years if FAPA membership is forced into IBT representation that we do not want. I can only imagine the money wasted by both sides litigating DFR lawsuits as they arise. Nobody wants this. Don't you guys want to work together to "fight" (we call it "negotiate") with management? The RPC is a way to do just that, not fight each other.
It would be a shame if IBT pilots bury their heads in the sand because of assumptions and misperceptions that may or may not be valid. Take the responsibility to find out for yourselves. You already hate your management as they generally hate the IBT. Do you really want to bring on 700 pilots that will most likely continue to feel the same towards IBT? It might feel good at first, but is it really a good choice? That ultimately is a decision that will need to be determined by IBT pilots, not F9 pilots nor FAPA. Educate yourself and then decide.