Originally Posted by
RJet
Good pep talk but I pay good money to my union to represent me. Do you really believe that if we had all collectively wanted a contract just a little bit more then we would have one? About the only thing we can do collectively is fire the union and get a new one if we don't feel they are performing well. I choose not to become one of the disgruntled pilots that focuses all their energy on the negative. Life is too short for that.
This misconception clearly illustrates the greatest downfall of the RAH union. "The Union" is not the Bargaining Agent (IBT) or the leadership (EXCO).
The Union is the membership.
Historically, the RAH "union," as you mistakenly call it, has performed poorly because historically, 20-50 people out of the whole group try to make a difference while half of the remainder cheer from the sidelines and the other half heckle from the sidelines. It will not matter who the Bargaining Agent is or who the EXCO is; nothing will change until the RAH
union starts to do something other than talk.