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RPC Unity
This is not about who has more money in the bank.
This is about where your hard earned dues dollars go, and what type of Return on Investment you get for those dollars.
Do 100% of your dues remain in-house
IBT - No, Dues are siphoned to a third party
RPC - Yes, all dues stay in-house, unless the 357 pilots decide to keep IBT, which is entirely their call
Do your dues cover critically important benefits, like LTD insurance?
IBT - No, you must purchase LTD at an additional cost
RPC - YES, LTD premium payments are included in your DUES (and the company is contractually required to pay 90% of the LTD premiums!)
Do your dues cover aeromedical services?
IBT - No, you must purchase aeromedical at an additional cost
RPC - YES, aeromedical is paid in full with a portion of your hard earned dues dollars. Ask anyone that has ever had a medical issue how critically important our aero-medical team at Virtual Flight Surgeon is when it really matters.
Have your bargaining representatives negotiated benefits that are better than the other RAH work groups?
IBT - No, you participate in the same group insurance programs as everyone else at RAH.
RPC - Yes, a special STD plan is in place that provides far superior benefits when compared to the RAH group STD.
These are just a few of the benifits that all 3000 RAH pilots can enjoy if we elect the RPC.
Before you vote, ask yourself why the IBT has decided that you are not important enough to deserve LTD, aeromedical, and STD coverage.
I agree that you have good benefits as part of your dues, but I would assume each frontier pilot also pays more in dues. Also, isn't a vote for RPC simply a vote to allow original frontier guys to remain a separate group (getting to keep FAPA and the associated benefits), while original RAH pilots are stuck finding their own representation (or keeping ibt anyways)? I dont think you can honestly say that a vote for RPC is going to extend your benefits to the other pilot groups.... It just allows you to keep yours.
Just be honest. You'd like to remain completely separate from your RAH peers and RPC is your only hope. There is no true benefit to RAH employees in voting RPC. You have no give and take. Just you keep yours, and leave RAH pilots to continue the status quo (same representation and same whipsaw with frontier).
Feel free to correct my viewpoint if I am not understanding this correctly.