Originally Posted by
Check Essential
I"m just worried about the process.
My point was not to attack anybody personally or question their motives or integrity.
I just think we should all understand that 6 or 8 guys decided this was going to be our contract.
The administration didn't bother with the membership or the elected reps at all.
Management called them in early and offered them a deal and they took it.
Now, after the fact, they're selling it to the reps and membership.
I haven't decided if I will vote for the TA yet but I'm concerned about how it was arrived at.
If the Master Chairman has this much power, maybe in the future he should at least be elected by the pilots. No offense to the individual reps, but as a body they seem pretty much impotent. They are bystanders just like the rest of us.
OK, Check, and I did not take it as a personal attack on any of them. I have meet, talk to and know many of these pilots. They are pilots btw. They are all easy to talk to and I enjoy the conversations I have had with many of them. Its not a personality issue. They all can pass the H.A.G.G test; He's a good guy.
What we need to do is two things. First, decide if we should separate the process from the product. Do we blindly look away from the TA(product) because the process was not explicitly followed even though in the end the vote was 14-5 and there is cover to call in to question if the process was even gerrymandered? (The assertion will be made and the vote used to say you are full of bull)
Second, if we choose not to separate the two, what is your reasoning?
Third, if we do separate the two and judge the product on its pros and cons, what is next if:
It passes by a wide margin? Is there any point in trying to correct a perceived wrong by calling in to question the people that you have listed?
If it fails or passes by a small margin: Is there the gumption to force the reps who will be going back to the table to deal with the repercussions of allowing the process to be subverted and in kind the Administration, or is it too divisive? Is there even the desire by this group?
Serious questions that each pilot needs to answer.