Originally Posted by
HDawg
Tony,
I thought in my post I said it was my opinion, I'll have to reread it. I'm not trying to convince you or anyone else just stating my opinion. Hope we can still do that.
Obviously it's OK to share opinions -- that's what we're all doing, right?
I clearly understood when you said it's your opinion that the union should fight hard to protect all seniority equally. I agree.
Where we disagree is whether the Passover Pay issue was a seniority issue. In the sentences prior to "My opinion is ..." you stated seniority was not protected because it would have cost too much money for the grievance, and a couple hundred new guys don't deserve WB pay. That sounds like a false claim (senority was not protected) and unfair charges against -- ourselves, us, the union. Those were not the reasons a grievance was not pursued, and that's where our opinions don't matter -- there are facts that belong there.
Was it a seniority issue? I don't believe it was. The Company has two ways of putting bodies in the MEM MD-11 FO seat. One is the training pipeline. The other is the Domicile transfer. The Company used both ways properly, according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement. That's all we can demand.
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