Originally Posted by
Coach67
You are dead on! Heppner screwed the pooch on this one. You don't use a howitzer (like publically asking for a release) to "smoke out" JP or Moak. Heppner beat his chest with the release and then shrinked away and caved to a milqtoast like pierce. What happens the next time when we really need to ask for a release. The pilots yawn, the press yawns, pierce yawns and everyone says "are you for real this time or are you going to cave again."
Asking for a release and knowing you aren't going to get one during an election year was just plain folly! Heppner was beating his chest and used this as a political tool. Unfortunately it had the same effect as a "Hats Off" switch. Shame on him!
Folly? You are right, JH asked for a release when he knew we aren't getting released. Why? Could it be he wanted to stop getting filtered by JP to the CAL MEC and get the two MECs together? The UAL MEC pleaded with Lee Joak back in February to hold combined MEC meetings. Looks like JH and the UAL MEC got what they wanted. How can you have unity if the elected leaders of the two groups don't even get together? It's now time for the CAL MEC to step up.
It's not a bad thing to get those truly elected by the pilots together to hash this out. And it is essential for us, all of us, to let our reps know how we feel.
Frats,
Big O