Originally Posted by
Nosmo King
If by "insider" you mean committee chairs, then probably yes. Right now, with the exception of two committees, YOUR elected LEC reps do not get to vote on who is a committee chairman. To do so would require a policy manual change and I am guessing that is a 2/3 vote to pass the MEC.
My guess is if that policy manual change were made (doubtful), then you would see several committee chairs change as they would no longer be selected by the MEC chairman.
Agree. Word is there is a resolution to do exactly that to be introduced at the MEC meeting, but the powers-that-be would never let that happen.
The DALPA Committee structure is the real power behind the scenes. They massage the information that is presented to the MEC to whatever ends the MEC chair wants (since their job depends on it). They are unelected and chosen by a chair that is twice removed from the pilots-at-large. LEC reps come and go, but some of these guys linger for YEARS and YEARS.
Lots of FPL, overrides and plain getting out of flying the line. Since the FPL data isn't readily avaiable, most of it goes unnoticed. NWALPA also posted the FPL on a month-by-month basis, but then, there you go.
There's just too much at stake, both on a political level, and a personal level, for these folks to allow a fNWA style policy.
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