Originally Posted by
Ottolillienthal
To give you a very positive suggestion to keep the current JCBA train on the track...The only way I see this thing from de-railing is if both MEC's decide to meet 'jointly' when they have their respective MEC meetings to keep in place a common strategy and to adjust it as needed.
MEC meetings typically last a minimum of 3 days. Why not have joint MEC meetings in one building, and have seperate breakouts as needed to re-convene the individual MEC's to handle individual MEC business?
The geographic separation is making it hard to maintain the business relationship. Joint MEC meetings would do the following:
1. build mutual trust and understanding of issues gemane to the process
2. provide ability to come together to work out issues that seperate us
3. provide a spring board to build relationships that would strengthen both pilot groups.
4. provide a process to refine a common communications strategy.
5. provide an outlet so that both MEC Chairs can speak with a common voice to common issues (no more lone ranger stuff).
6. keep both MEC's informed of progress or lack there of and give both MEC's an opportunity to put their respective heads together collectively to implement a common solution for all.
We elect the MEC reps to do our business. If we respect the actual process and let our MEC reps do it, then the process will be preserved and the results will be respected and the pilots might actually understand it,and then buy-into it.
Absent this sort of working relationship....what are the options and what will the result be?
That approach only works if both MEC's are willing to work collaboratively and openly.
As I said earlier, your ALPA leaders sacrificed unity at the alter of SLI looong ago. Various leaders (famously JP & JB) made it perfectly clear that this is all about the ISL and that they were willing to delay the JCBA until we agreed to there terms.
It is impossible to work collaboratively and openly in such an environment. The seeds of mistrust are not even disguised anymore! Yet we still try...and the CAL MEC won't participate in the joint meetings. You should communicate this desire upwards through your union.