Originally Posted by
NuGuy
Heyas T,
Check out the Council 20 update from 9/23. You can find it under the LEC links after you sign into the DALPA site. I won't post it here, since you can find it easily enough. I read it and was almost sick.
Not a rumor. These are active plans under consideration. SOME won't be decided by your elected representatives, but ONLY by the Executive Committee...made up only of MEC Chairmen (yea, the guys/gals not elected by the membership).
We just went through a gigantic ****ing contest (which was unnecessary according to the Parliamentarian) regarding the 3 vs 4 man NC for the second time, and all of a sudden THIS gem pops up at the national level?
Maximum of three negotiators
Coincidence? Of all the potential bloat, they want to cut ONE GUY doing actual work?
FORTUNATELY this sorta got shot down, otherwise we'd have to hold ANOTHER NC election. It got modded to permit 4 man teams if the company is ponying up for one guy.
Other gems:
Eliminate non-status representatives
Close LEC offices
Potential option to replace the non-status representative with an LEC Executive Administrator (EA)- APPOINTED NOT ELECTED
Read the comments by the Council 20 Chairman. If he is concerned, SO SHOULD YOU.
The Compass sale was facilitated by one thing...the relaxation of scope permitting the sale of Compass without a DC-9 replacement on the mainline property.
Let me repeat that...the sale of Compass was PREVENTED from happening unless there was a DC-9 replacement. There was NO facilitation to sell Compass until AFTER the JCBA.
This restriction was present in the fNWA PWA, and in the JCBA, it vanished. It was removed on purpose and was a relaxation in scope no matter how you slice it.
Nu
I read all of that which was associated with that link a few weeks ago. It made me sick too. The S/T position as a rep around the horseshoe plays a vital role. They represent their pilot's interests without a vote. On many levels they are more vocal and get a lot done. I think that is one bad idea to get rid of them.
I also did not like rumor running around about the dues structure. If that one passes, lets just say it will be ugly for ALPA.
Most LEC's do not have offices per se, Some do like C44, but more LEC's use the space that their MEC has. If they want to save that money it may be a good idea, but it needs to be discussed.
I also heard that they Reps wanted to see the actual proposal but had not gotten a copy of it a few weeks ago. Did that change?