Um, sorry. I just noticed that I quoted parts of STR8NLVL's post and attributed them to slumav505. As excruciating as it is to admit, I seem to share a singular trait with ATC. I guess I'm still working on the quoting thingy as well, at least I'm trying.....
I was encouraged to read that you've settled 21 of your 25 articles.
Too bad the press didn't even attempt to do any research and talk to someone that knows what's going on so they could have prevented embarrassing themselves by not knowing there were only 4 open articles ever and there's been no progress.
Are the 4 open items, pay, scheduling, scope and seniority? Or something else?
Not to take pleasure in their mistake with your mediation, but it makes me happier that the press got such a simple thing wrong when I compare it to the national press all saying Frontier is being "disposed of", "Frontier is excess baggage", etc.
I used to fear and respect Lawyers, then I met a lot of them. Some of us are smarter than some of them.
I used to, at least sorta, trust the press, I've been disabused of that fantasy in the past month.
As far as Mediation goes, you don't have any additional dates scheduled, do you? Not asking to inflict pain or cause anger, just wondering if what I've heard is true.
Will the Mediator wait to schedule additional meetings until Wayne is back? Or, do you think, when your strike vote is tallied tomorrow and you have some sort of a 95 to 98% turn out in favor, that Bryan will become involved? Didn't he do that in 2003, after that strike vote?
Will 357 suspend the assessment paying for Bill Wilder's part in the Mediation, at least until Mediation begins again?
Do you know if the new EBoard and ExCo will retain Doug Turner as Trustee or in some other capacity? Does the membership get a say or is it an ExCo decision?
What, if anything, does IBT National charge 357 for Doug's participation and "contribution?" Sorry I'm getting a little snide with that comment - I think Doug has hurt relations between FAPA and 357 more than he's helped
and I think Pat and his group would have been
far better off without him.
Best of luck on reaching an agreement on the 4 open items! (Really)