Originally Posted by
orvil
I was a Family Awareness host in Contract '96. After I served beer, wine and snacks at the first meeting, the attendance dropped off by about 50%. They all gave Bible study as their excuse for subsequent meetings. I kid you not. This isn't a joke. (Of course, it was in DFW.)
Is it any wonder why the TA's always pass?
That's pretty funny but I believe it! I was BOS based, we didn't do Bible Study, more like Samuel Adams study...but I did talk to your F/O rep at the time, after POS 96 passed. I asked him how in the -heck- did it pass?!
He said he had 3x more pilots calling him begging him to vote yes for it, than against it, because, "I just bought a big house and I can't afford a strike..."
He said in his own, personal vote, he voted against it (as did I) but as an LEC rep, for his constituents who were calling him, he had to vote yes.
I've got to wonder if this is still the case today? Are 60% of the pilots so in debt they cannot miss a paycheck? Is that why our MEC is hung up on proactive appeasement?
