Originally Posted by
wiggy
Exactly. I think ole PurpleTurtle took the words right out Jethro Bodine's mouth: "ah shucks uncle Jed, I knows my cipherin' right on up through the 6th grade, so this here's how it works... theys more of us than they is of them, so then that there is why we get to be at the top that there seniority list...we is what they call a major-ity so's we jes' vote it thataway...whitched ever has the most votes wins, fair and square"
Funny story about the "major-ity ...votes wins, fair and square"-
"The problem with the Nicolau Award, according to the United arbitrators, is that it was based on the ALPA merger policy in place at the time. That policy did not include longevity, which was in fact removed largely because United pilots were concerned that they would lose out to more senior US Airways pilots in a proposed merger in 2000." - which happened because ALPA let the pilot group with a majority dictate merger policy. Just saying, keep a historical perspective.