Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
Who's talking about Wallach?? What does he have to do with any of this? The hat switch was a total and complete joke. See? To me it's about PERFORMANCE, not some High School Gossip Girls episode about which domicile the MC is from. If Wendy had performed, I'd have been behind her 100%. She failed in MISERABLE fashion. She and JP took the only really good leverage we had and wasted it by believing management promises about a quick contract. Ask her how many ALPA reps she had in the DOJ's office during the approval process.
I will more than happily claim JH as my leader. Not because I'm a West Coast pilot, but because I'm a UNITED pilot, and I want a new freaking contract. I don't think JH failed in the least. He forced the issue. One that JP and LM CLEARLY didn't want forced. When June 15th comes around and we don't have a TA (which we won't), where are they going to hide then? They can't claim that they didn't know it was coming!! His move exposed the weak leadership of JP and LM in one stroke of the pen. The pilots at both airlines now know what is going on, and it looks like JH's move will be able to be made with the unity we NEED. Time will tell whether JH's strategy fully pays off in mid June. Time has already exposed Wendy's strategy as a total, complete, miserable failure. In two years, we were further from getting a contract when Wendy left than when she took office. And you want to recall JH!?!?!?! For what?!? Your politics are killing your mind. Wake up and get on board, or be quite and get out of the way.
I've been on board since day one. Why don't you ask Baron50 how JH ended up being the default to satisfy the West Coast LEC's. Wendy resigned to get the lesser of the evils from the West Coast. While Wendy was in office, it was your West Coast LEC's along with a few DCA members that hounded Wendy and sided with JP to undermine her efforts. Why you ask, to satisfy your boy Wallach and his supporters - revenge.
Now I want a contract just like ever United pilot and your saying JH has a master plan to expose the evil LM and JP - One question what does that get us except the middle of June and no contract. The CAL guys know what JP is and were willing to join the UAL guys behind JH if he was going to lead. What did he do?
We have a disfunctional leadership on both sides and a clown in LM at ALPA National worried about his own position above all else - you want me to be quite and get out of the way - I don't think so!
Don't try to make this personal. I want a good contract and will follow the person that can lead us to that end. You may want to start watching over your shoulder, it's possible that LM and JP have put a plan in place to get the CAL contract re-negotiated and then imposed on the UAL side. Remember they did this to NWA. June 15 gives JP and Jeff more than enough time to get it done.