Originally Posted by
hopeSales
Yes, the current UPA fell in the lap of JH when Jeff and JP let it go out for ratification. With all the chest thumping, Jeff assumed the CBA would be voted down by the "rank and file" and that would put the final nail in the coffin of the LUAL MEC. Leaving his puppet (JP) to lead the battered group. You forget that JP was delivering for his guys. He went outside the TPA to get his guys 40M ?profit sharing?. Insisting on several things in the CBA that would improve the ISL position of his guys. Helping Jeff delay the CBA/UPA and all along helping with the Captain seat theft for his guys. The list goes on but you get the jest - he was delivering.
The very thing that Jeff and JP didn't count on was the CAL pilots seeing though the smoke and voting along with the LUAL side. For what it was, the CAL guys breaking from JP and company to ratify the CBA deserves more credit than JH. It just fell in JH's lap.
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Won the arbitration and lost the award. The collective group would have been much better off had JH said "Yes, take the money back" if that's the only remedy available. It would have said to Jeff that we have agreements and we expect them to be honored. Jeff didn't want the money taken back anymore than JH or the "rank and file" for that matter. When JH tried to turn the award into gains for the collective group and seek improvements to the just implemented UPA - Jeff said game offer - I win. Think that little battle wasn't important? Look at what's being done to your contract on a daily basis.
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If we ever expect to move forward, we need to demand strong leadership from our appointed leaders. If you think JH is the one, would you share some of the things he's actually done to improve the life of a typical United Pilot? He's been involved in ALPA for years and our leader during one of our most important times - I'd bet that list would be several pages long. Would you share, please!
You know whats ironic HOPE, this whole post and your life mission as Staller and whoever else you pretend to be, you and AXLF16 rail on JP!! Yet, you give him credit (see above) on how EFFECTIVE he was for the pilots he REPRESENTED at the time (LCAL)!! Now you say get rid of JH and put somebody in office that can get something done for the pilot group they represent!! Sounds to me like you're screaming for JP to come back and get things done!!
