I said 1st revision, he said first version ... there are so many broken quotes (misattributed quotes) and confusing descriptions I've lost track of who said what.

The original FDA LOA says The Company can use during the first 2 years when the base is opening and for a period of 540 days during a base closure, Special Temporary Vacancies of 1 to 3 months. If they are assigned to a junior pilot in reverse seniority order, they can only be assigned once in a period of six times the length of the STV. So, 1 month STV, only once in six months. So, for month 2, The Company would have to work their way further up the seniority list.

A number of pilots raised concerns that they might be involuntarily sent to an FDA for 90 days. Our System Chief Pilot assured us he would only use 30-day STVs if he had to inverse pilots. AlbieF15 told me he could not support the FDA LOA with the threat of 90-day "junior man" STVS, but if it were changed to 30 days, he could support it.

DW, Vice President, Labor Relations Law, addressed the concern and sent us a letter assuring us that they would limit themselves to one month for pilots who were inversely assigned to an STV, and if we agreed, they would consider the FDA LOA language modified accordingly.

The MEC met, considered it, and accepted it, and THAT version (what I prefer to call 1.1) is what was originally ratified by membership vote.

The next version, what I call 2.0, came a year later. In it, The Company agreed to pay for visa fees, bumped the moving allowance from 500# to 1,000#, provided deposit assistance for beginning a lease, as well as a few other things.

It also included the "Ongoing Implementation Measures" feature that allows the MEC Chairman to codify changes without getting membership vote.



I feel so refreshed after digging through all that -- so, what were we talking about? Oh, yeah -- the Block 11 Rep.


Webb's not on the ballot. I haven't heard a whole lot of bragging about the incumbent, and really not much negative about Arcamuzi, other than he served when Webb was serving.

Maybe it would be helpful to discuss what the incumbent has done, why his track record to date makes him more qualified to lead us to the successful conclusion of CBA negotiations.






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