Originally Posted by LowPhlyer

The profit sharing reduction was floated as a "trial balloon" less than 48 hours before the T/A was announced and handed to the MEC. This means there was some discussion (which was mostly negative toward the idea of trading profit sharing for increased raises). But, there was no re-direction from the MEC to the negotiators or MEC Chairman.

Of course, the MEC was then handed the T/A with the profit sharing reduction and our MEC Chairman was quoted as stating: “The T/A should not be judged compared to the pilots aspirations as reflected in the contract survey…there is no context to their wishes”

The same background players are still prominent in the MEC Administration.