Originally Posted by
slowplay
It's my view there was no bridge, only the illusion of a bridge. It's my view that the representation structure afforded CPZ pilots created second class citizens inside the MEC structure. I understand you disagree. In all the years of debate you haven't provided a what I would consider a path to successful "unity," just the slogan. Tell me how it would work in the real world knowing that there was at least one CPZ pilot that didn't agree with your view of the world.
Slow,
We agree. Of course not having a seniority number makes a pilot a second class citizen. In fact, without a seniority number, they were not citizens at all! If this was a episode of CSI, the NWA MEC got Compass a boob job, stripped them of all but a Bikini and let them on the dock as the shipload of Marines came in. What happened next was no great surprise.
In the "real world" it would have been a minor matter to capture Compass (and thus fix the representational issue) during the joint pilot working agreement. The next "real word" opportunity was the question of furloughs as the first network rationalization hit during an economic downturn (and I applaud the action of the Moak administration to navigate those perils without my furlough), of course the "scope grievance settlement" was another opportunity.
Look, I want scope restoration, but I'm pragmatic about it. Where you and I get crossed up is when I go after our MEC for their hypocritical actions. To justify those actions they have created a false "conflict of interest monster." It is time we stop feeding the monster.