I don't know dude, I could see how it didn't come across as a joke.

I think it's great that MN is taking positive steps to get folks informed and involved. Just like our flying, our knowledge of our union and it's parts is always bettered by continual learning; I'd definitely be there tonight if I wasn't home on off days, hanging with the kid.

One doesn't have to see eye-to-eye with the MEC to be an active, educated union member. I serve on a committee here and I've got beef with some of the views of the current MEC (including a few with your committee chair). Just because I serve alongside them doesn't mean I have to conform to their every belief (the same, of course, applies to you too).

I can't ignore a visible disconnect between the pilot group and their elected leaders; it's there and isn't being addressed appropriately. I've tried to bring it to the MEC's attention from my position, but am left doing the "vanilla" duties of my job. So are these members that feel it's time to step up and get involved justified? Absolutely.

I, for one, picked up on something a couple of weeks ago that's left me more than a tad irritated. Apparently the company wanted to take on 10 aircraft in a hurry and asked the MEC for a few consessions (staffing, reserves, time withheld) for a time period in order to allow them to do so. Have you been informed of this? Were you allowed to provide your two cents into it? No- it was swept under the rug. Wouldn't this have been a great opportunity to gain something in return? I sure think so.