Really?, I expect better than this from you.
Originally Posted by
shiftwork
I volunteered/worked at the strike center.
The strike center you worked was not in existence when the strike authorization vote was taken
Originally Posted by shiftwork
I went to at least one family awareness picnic.
Not before the strike authorization vote.
Originally Posted by shiftwork
I was taken out to dinner by one of the Delta guys (ALPA strike preparedness committee?) that was there to help us run/coordinate the strike.
Fifteen or so months AFTER the strike authorization vote.
Originally Posted by shiftwork
Personally, I thought the strike was well run and organized with the result that “most” could live with.....
Agreed, but the entire system was built after the strike authorization vote. Not before like it should have been in order to show any "teeth" to the company. Which is EXACTLY the point I was making at the time. I opposed the timing of the vote, not the act of asking pilot permission to strike. I suspected, from personal experience with the anti union anti labor counselors employed by Spirit, that a strike vote would be ignored because we had no structure in place to actually carry out a strike. We built the structure, we built our army, AFTER the vote - not before. You had dinner with the Delta SPC guys. I attended four National SPC training events with those very same Delta SPC guys. I, along with our then SPSC Chair JS, worked with those very same guys to gain a $2Million negotiation/strike support grant. I will assure you that they trained us to build the army, "mass it on the borders", and show that you would and COULD walk. Our SPSC job was to be so prepared that the company would NOT DARE take the chance of giving us a chance to walk.
Now, do you see why I opposed the timing of the strike authorization vote?
Originally Posted by shiftwork
To vote “No” (2%) for a strike and then “No” (26%) after the strike, I think some might not understand where you “stand” or what you want(ed)???
Again my friend, I have to ask.......Really? A strike authorization vote is a strike authorization vote. It authorizes a strike.
It doesn't ratify whatever TA comes off the table. Authorizing a strike gives the MEC the power to call the strike. Nothing more. If the resulting contract is acceptable, you vote to ratify. If not, then you vote no. Simple. Uncomplicated. Non political.
Originally Posted by shiftwork
We have talked, as you know.... we have an agreement to disagree on some things. I know ultimately you want the same I as well as most the pilot group; just a “different road” on how to get there??
At the end of the day.. “I am happy to be here”
I'll ask you to think about your 2% - 26% comment in another way. What percentage of the group would have allowed the MEC to ratify the TA without a pilot vote? Equating a strike authorization with a ratification would have essentially granted MEC ratification and I have to say that such an action would not have been well received with the rank and file.
next time why not just call me?
PS. I hesitate to add this, but it bears stating so that someone calls me a liar regarding SPC/Family awareness events previous to the strike authorization vote. Yes, those events took place. The committees and leadership that accomplished those events was disbanded by the incoming MEC in March 2008. Any more than that will have to stay private.