Originally Posted by
Captain Tony
As the XJT guys like to say "call your rep". He'll gladly explain this FACT to you. The loophole is in our LOA 11, not the TPA. Although there are plenty of other loopholes in the TPA.
I used to think you were actually an independent thinker like our own JB. I'm starting to realize that you're nothing but an XJT MEC pawn, spoon fed propaganda, and tasked to spew it out. And have we established that there are no kickbacks? Didn't you guys lose an MEC chairman for stealing a boatload of money?
The "Call your Rep" line was mine
. I was just encouraging guys to seek information via their Reps, rather than just the crack pipe.
We didn't "lose" a chairmen over stealing money. The policy was "mis-interpreted" and he was being compensated to match pretty much exactly what he was making as a Flight Instructor, which NONE of the REPS had a problem with, however it was not went about via the policy manual. There was no money stolen and he was not found to be doing anything "malicious" via a committee that was created to investigate it. The committee was made up of line pilots and JF from ALPA National (FedEx guy)
Also, I spoke extensively with our NC Chair (JW) and he, as well as our lawyer, advised me that there is absolutely nothing in the TPA that says ASA has to participate in our negotiations, only in ratifying a "joint agreement"