Originally Posted by
sailingfun
They are following the policy manual and doing what they should do. It could have already been voted on however a couple of reps are insisting on the 7 days so they will move on to normal business and vote Monday.
That however does not excuse the lack of communication since the TA. They could have published a short version hitting the highlights of the TA hours after it was reached. This was common in past contracts. We did not wait until MEC ratification to see the major points on a TA. If they felt there are valid reasons to withhold TA details then a letter to all pilots should have been sent out with a explanation.
Sailing,
I'll buy coffee if anyone wants to come down and support their Reps in open session on Monday.
This TA apparently isn't getting instant "
approve this thing by acclimation" treatment, which tells me there are a couple of NO Votes. That's a good thing, indicating
democracy is working. The bad news is that there are obvious indications of problems with this agreement.
If I can wrestle the family to the Delta event today, I may try to corner Mr. Anderson for 10 seconds and ask tangential questions with regard to Section 1.
The fact Slowplay and Alpha aren't on the web boards bonking my head means they are busy bonking the no votes this week. The intense lobbying effort in the name of "unity" is worrying. AirTran's example is being used to convince pilot reps to send this out so the membership can vote on ...
anything. (would the NWA example pre JPWA be the same?)
Can / would our MEC send this out with a split vote and no recommendation? I would prefer that to the typical cram down model.