Originally Posted by skybolt

The "we we're all off that day" is a smokescreen. It is true, but it distracts from the obvious truth. The election comes around every three years. It's not like it snuck up on them. The date for a nomination meeting should be planned well in advance and announced far enough out so that all members of the local have to opportunity to bid for that day off. To wait until after final schedules are set before setting a nomination meeting date is at best incompetent. However, with the ability to nominate via US Mail, the late date selection for the scheduled election is not the problem. The problem comes from the unexpected resignation of the 77 Capt Rep; and now we have a legitimate concern - not of anyone's making - that the late scheduled meeting is actually responsible for effectively denying the DFW based 77 members an opportunity to vote in the interim election.

I call on the SPA MEC to do the right thing and find a way to allow the DFW based members of Local 77 a venue to vote in base for the interim Capt Rep vs attempting a virtually impossible commute to and from a meeting in LAS. If the DFW based members are disenfranchised, the division will only get worse and we really don't need any more division leading into negotiations. To the MEC, the ball is in your court. What's more important to you? Winning your political games or negotiating a kick butt contract with the full support of your constituents?