Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

It sure is difficult to get pilots to manage their union. The PNCL agreement involved crystal clear violations of ALPA's Admin Manual, should not have been authorized, or ratified. Not a single MEC Chairman called for an Executive Board. Not a single Status Rep called for a MEC meeting to compel their Chairman to action.

Half of the profession in the United States is now under concessionary demands from their management and no one, not even at the Express carriers effected, would stand up. The now former Eagle MEC Chairman stated their concerns to the press, but no one undertook their responsibility to manage the union that they send in their money to.Actually, the provisions which require tier matching in the Delta Connection agreement(s) are public knowledge, if you were to ask almost anyone with any experience over at DCI. That's why ALPA has the provisions in our Admin Manual so that bargaining groups can work together to avoid this kind of massive strategic error.

I'm not calling for a recall or anything of the sort. But, the Pinnacle contract should have never have been authorized, then it should not have made it past ALPA's Representation Dept & gotten the President's signature. Failing that, someone should have called for an Executive Board.