Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
Nice deflection. You want the MEC to rotate back to the line. Of the 35 or so guys (between the two airlines) that were on the MEC 4 years ago, there might be 3 or 4 still on the MEC. That's a 90% turnover rate. In fact there are many MEC members that were elected after bankruptcy and have already left, so the turnover is even higher.
So you are the one who should chill out. Or at least try to base your statements on even the tiniest amount on facts. By the way, flying the line is vastly superior to doing union work. It's much easier to throw tomatoes than it is to be in the ring.
Wow Alfa, you’re very touchy about this. So I assume you don’t want a limit to how long any pilot can be off line before they lose their seniority number but I am curious as to why?
And accusing me of deflection? I'd accuse you of not reading well, you got the part I do want MEC members to rotate back to the line but you forgot the part I highlighted in
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Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
That's interesting.
As to going off line. Imho if one goes off line and takes a position with management or the union there should be a time limit of ## years or they lose their seniority number. The threat of having to rejoin the masses should always be there.
So, again, why do you Alfa not think there should be a limit for any pilot to be away from the line before they are no longer pilots? Or I guess for you, why this limit shouldn't apply to union folks?
I mean do you like the notion someone could camp out off line and wait until their seniority is much better before they return? Or they couldn't hack it on the line or wanted off the line as soon as they could because frankly flying ain't there thing? Or they just simply have no intention of returning, albeit for family or personal reasons or maybe the money is better? But why allow any pilots in management, the union or training to operate under the banner they are a pilot if they are long since removed and out of touch with the average line pilot's life?
I mean turnover rates can be whatever they are in all three of those areas, doesn't matter to me, I just want it in writing in case someone is contemplating a life outside the line but wants to retain the seniority number "just in case" or for some other bogus reason then they should be forced to be what they really want to be- a former Delta pilot.
So stop deflecting
and answer, why are you against a simple limit?
And btw if flying the line is so much greater than union work, where is Lee Moak right now? He's not flying jets for DAL anymore is he? I mean pardon the masses for wondering
sometimes if the goal of going to DALPA is to get a job in Herndon. But no worries, I think I made it clear from my post I want this uniformly applied to all pilots not just the union.