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Old 10-02-2011 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by acl65pilot
We will more than likely not see the opener(s)
I'll bet that's correct. We always saw them at NWA. I remember always saying: Man this would be GREAT! But since it was the opener, we never got it...but we knew where the MEC was aiming. Our current MEC will not want us to know where they are aiming.

Originally Posted by acl65pilot
Given where this industry is going, and what we will be dealing with in the next decade, a National Union with localized MEC's is the only way to fight against the effects of Transnational airlines. Ergo, we have to fix it. If we as a group choose not to, we will suffer the effects of turning inward.
Totally incorrect, and certainly ALPA has shown no results on global issues...other than having their seat at the table.

Carl