Originally Posted by
Bzzt
The MEC are elected representatives similar to congressmen and senators in the U.S. government. It is a representative democracy that we have installed at ALPA. The MEC was given emails from the pilot group to vote no and they changed their mind under duress from national and the company. Not everything should or needs to go to a pilot vote.
I agree but Senators and Congressmen have some rules and processes to abide by. Your MEC is no different and sometimes those bite you in the a$$. In this case, they were bitten and did it the right way but sent a message to their pilots by abstaining from the vote. Given the circumstances, they did what needed to happen but did it in a manner that went as closely to what the group wanted.
This is a case where if the group is as unified as it appears, a resounding no vote carries a significant amount of weight with investors, your company and the NMB.
Trust me, I don't want to see with the Republic deal or Eagle deal pass. I thing if both those groups shoot down their respective deals, we have taken what was about to be a massive reset and completely stop it. I wish you guys luck.