Originally Posted by
Busboy
Who is this "ALPA" he speaks of? Oh yah, it's us.
You talk of ALPA as if it's some third party entity. It's not. If you're a member, you're responsible for who is running "OUR" union. If you don't like the way it's being run...Then drum up 30% of the pilots here to vote them out. That's all it would take. Look at the numbers during our LEC elections. It's pitiful! And, it's our fault. If we don't like it.
Like when I vote for the president of the U.S. he is MY president and I'm responsible for HIS behavior?
Actually, yes, any organization IS a separate entity. Having a vote doesn't make it wholly responsible to all of the membership all the time. "They" can't do that. We are not a homogenous group. That is why they call it leadership and not groupthink by committee. No I don't think anyone should be voted out.
Don't mistake my bitching about lack of information as a ***** claiming woe is me or ALPA is out to get me. It is an imperfect organization. Always has been and always will be, like all other organizations. Senior dudes will always get more consideration. Junior guys will always be expected to pick up a little slack. We get a little less outa of the organization. Maybe cause they give less $$$ per month to keep up the place.
But I bet the guys filing grievances would not be so fired up if they just knew what the rules were about bidding before they did it. I might be wrong on this one. But with the rules in hand no one should *****. There should be no expectation that awards could be perfectly fair to everyone. The imperfect nature of it at FedEx makes that impossible. I'm perfectly o.k. with that.
Just don't hide some of the rules until after I bid. And try not to be disrespectful when honest questions are asked.