[QUOTE=BonesF15;161146]
Originally Posted by
Laughing_Jakal
It is not a F/O vs Captain thing Huck....it is a "Short sighted greedy 'I got mine' bastard" vs everyone else thing.
Served up with a side of "I am MEC leadership and I will change the stance of the collective group no matter what the majority wants."
Sorry but I have lost all respect for our "leaders"
Don't we have a seniorty based system?
For all you new guys who were hired in the past 3 years, lets look at a little history lesson.
About 3 years ago (during contract negotitiations) , the company floated a proposal to the Union. "We will give you this pay raise and these work rules, provided that every NEW Hire Pilot from now on falls under a new retirement cash balance plan"
The Union rejected this, in other words for you newbies, the UNION protected you before you were hired. They could of said, who cares, these guys aren't even on property yet. I suppose they could have sold out new guys but that would not have been the right thing to do.
All the MEC Chair seems to be saying, is that if any rule change in AGE is retroactive, all pilots must have seniority rights when it comes to bidding.
In other words the Union will defend the seniorty rights of its members.
That is the senority system. Yes it could affect all of us in a negative way.............just like a furlough would, but it is the Right thing to do.
Would it be OK with all of you if the company wanted to furlough out of Senority..........i.e. the bottom 5% of each seat?
The Answer is NO, because Seniority dictates and it is defined in the contract.
If the Law changes and is prospective in Nature, then it will all be a moot point anyway.