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Once United
I was critical of Pierce because he sold us out to the company. I hold Heppner to a higher standard. He knew with this meeting that Moak wanted to come away looking like the messiah. Pierce loved the fact he'd get a free ride after the stuff he's pulled since merger. Heppner came away looking like a lap boy. How long has it been since we got a contract? Heppner has been there - ask him. How many of the little deadlines have come and past? These guys are keeping money out of our pockets by playing games - Do you really feel they've earned the right to take/keep what's due you and your family. Every United Pilot should call or email their LEC reps and demand to know why Heppner folded. What did Heppner give away for this new found unity.
Ah, patience grasshopper, Hepner is playing this like a fine fiddle. He has Pierce and Moak in a box, if it was left up to them there would never be a release. A few weeks to let the witches brew does not really matter. Getting the concessionists on board, willingly or not, is just brilliant. Call it games if you want, but this is how it is done. Who knows, the company may be willing to negotiate now that Hepner has given them a glimpse into the future. He has moved the ball, even the CAL rank and file appreciate his smoking out the miscreants. I don't think JH gives a hoot who get's the credit, he is not a chest beater.
The specter of labor unrest this summer at UCH, with the loss of bookings will do more for the negotiating process than anything else. The public does not know anything about the NMB or RLA, all they hear is there may be a strike. Why take a chance, book another airline. That loss of revenue has a beneficial effect for negotiations. For this management it is only about the numbers, unlike Ferris and Lorenzo who were ideologues, well maybe not Ferris, he was just stupid.
You have a leader now, rally around him and this will get done.
Baron50