Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
You still didn't answer my question. What exactly did you take exception to in the letter that was posted? It's not a trick question, I'm just trying to figure out what is disagreeable.
I'd imagine that not being able to get all CAL MEC members on the phone for the most critical briefing of most of their careers is frustrating. Time is of the essence.
First, I don't even know if this was a real letter by a real person who was really there.
Second, shame on the CAL MEC if they were not there. I mean 100 percen there. That to me is more embarassing than a lack of communications from the MEC Chairman.
Third, I haven't heard from CA. Happner either, so I can't confirm anything. Still in the dark
Fourth, If a big cheese meeting took place, and there is a perceived or real disconnect, no way will the pilots be able to act or react unless we know what the problems are. It may be a tightly closed meeting and for very good reason, but at the end of the day, if ALPA wants 12,000 UAL pilots manning a picket line, we need to be brought along in the communicatios process. We need to be highly informed.
Fifth, There is a recall brewing in EWR right now. Those guys represent about 2000 CAL pilots. Those 2 reps definitely support JP. I perceive the recall is a play at taking out JP at a critical time, which is definitely their right under the ALPA CBL. But, I wonder if this meeting (anonymous letter) is related in some way. The "recallers" as it were are very low-class individuals with a track record of "me-me-me" instead of "we-we-we."
Sixth, How would I know what I could disagree with in the letter unless I was there personally to witness the meeting and testify to the letter's validity?