Originally Posted by
Mulva
So ATC, "Complete change" doesn't appear to be the case at the local level. There has been some measure of consistency in that your membership have maintained the same person as Negotiating Committee Chair all the way back prior to CHQ CBA 2003.
That same person chaired the NC during the SLI "negotiations" and continues to do so right now (errr, for the past 5-1/2 years) on your amenable CBA negotiations.
Same guy that wrote this back in 2003?
Damn! That's some heavy $hi+! I really liked this part.
How'd that work out back in 2003? How did it work out for the junior guys with the IMSL? How's it been working for the past 5-1/2 years?
Now I wonder why current negotiations/mediation are going nowhere at RAH? Why in the world does the 357 membership continue to support the efforts of this individual when he did such a stellar job back in 2003?
So there you go Allegiant guys. Ya'll might end up electing the Teamsters some day, but whatever you do, try to avoid using the 747/357 playbook. It sucks!
Mulva, as hard as you try very hard to muddy the waters yet again, you are wrong.
The IBT Airline Division leadership was replaced four years ago. You know that. If you took the time to understand how the Airline Division works...which you clearly have not...or refuse to admit...you would know that each pilot group...in this case the RAH pilots...elect their own leadership. So if they have some of the same people in positions, it is because THEY ALONE chose to.
Just like in the recent election for officers in Local 357. Frontier pilots COULD have chosen to run for office. They only needed to do two things; join the union and get a nomination from fellow Frontier pilots. Both are easy tasks. Instead, you pushed your membership to NOT join the union...as a result, you could not nominate anyone and they could not run. And somehow...that became the fault of Local 357 and the IBT.
You have chosen a path where you stand by yourself, refusing to admit that FAPA lost the election and the Airline Division won. So you act like petulant children, telling the world that unless you get your way, you will hold your breath until we all turn blue.
OK.
Therein lies the difference between you and the Allegiant pilots. By all accounts they seem to be a group that is motivated and wants to improve their careers and Quality of Life by joining a union where they will have their own autonomy and the strength that comes from having a large national union to stand with them.
Your group could stand to learn a thing or two from them.