Thanks man, but that ship has sailed. This TA will pass exactly as is because the MEC administration has decided they won't allow the debate that helped us modify the FAR 117 LOA to occur this time. The MEC administration has ordered a 100% data lockdown until after the TA is passed and becomes binding. The four ATL reps are in lock step agreement with the MEC administration and will run interference for them until this passes.

What can still happen is the realization by line pilots that our current negotiating committee affirmatively negotiated the exact same kind of language that has brought us the multi-year non compliance in our AF/KLM/AZ Joint Venture. This negotiating committee is HAPPY with this language. They think it's a good thing. This is the exact same negotiating committee that will now take us into C2015.

Our only shot here is an effort by ATL based pilots to recall all four of the reps in favor of four new ones committed to a bottom-up culture. If that could happen, it would give a majority to the LEC reps and allow a clean slate restart of the MEC administration. ATL line pilots are the key to this. If this MEC administration takes us to C2015, we are sunk. This LOA language is proof of it.

Carl