You were in college when we went through this? And you have the gall lecture us on how you would haVe done it? Reality is over 60% at pretty much every airline voted yes. Would you have been one of them? You don't know because you were not put into that posistion, and hopefully never will be. Some of the most vocal vote no types at the beginning were the ones pleading others to vote yes towards the end. You seem to have all the answers at your tender young age. Do us and all the pilots in the industry a huge favor and get involved. Run for your local lec as I'm sure with your steely-eyed resolve you will be elected in a landslide. From there it should be obvious to all at the MEC what a treasure of leadership and intelect you are and you will be quickly elected as MEC chairman. My guess is one term and ALPA president. Good luck and I can't wait to have the leadership we deserve.
Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
I was in college when this was happening. Our union should have realized that there was no way for us to save it from going bankrupt. To answer your questions, I would have been in favor of full pay until the bankruptcy. I do not think we should have taken any pay cuts prior to the bankruptcy. We then would have started the bankruptcy negotiations from a much higher position. We should have told the company that we knew what they already did. Bankruptcy was inevitable, and that we would negotiate in bankruptcy. This is all in hind sight. I think it is obvious that some mistakes were made. Hopefully they are not repeated.