Don't get me wrong here. I also think ALPA takes care of the top 50% at the expense of newhires and those "not on the property long enough".


But.....


There was a crazy loophole that was encountered by folks about to enter or in MD-11 training. Bid ANC and get a quick class date. Then get MEM on the next bid (junior to many who didn't bid ANC at all) and get awarded it with with the ANC MD-11 class date (out of order).

Past practice, as I understand it, was to change the award of someone about to start training or in training. Maybe this issue is just too tangled to properly untangle to EVERYONE's satisfaction.


If I step back, calm down, and consider the comments about being in the back seat for 5+ years may have been meant to emphasize how good things are now, this makes more sense.

But the secret deal BS is not good. Not right and it leads to distrust of ALPA. It WILL cause the membership to become more fragmented. ALPA may not be eating their young here, just alienating them because they can now with the closed shop.

With the history of FedEx management being hardnosed and unreasonable on every issue, I'm surprised passover is paid at all until the case gets to the supreme court.

Not trying to diminish the importance to someone's pocketbook, just looking for perspective......


Somebody tell me why a member can't get his/her own legal council to get to the bottom of this.