Originally Posted by
LeineLodge
I don't disagree that there is a debate going on within the MEC.
I take issue with you guys picking a topic of the day, declaring that it is a done deal, and then attempting to undermine our reps that are currently working through the process (that you love to say wasnt followed.) Which is it? Do you want the process to be followed or really just want your idealogy to prevail at any cost?
Does that include trying to wage a PR campaign to sway pilot opinion before there is anything concrete to discuss?
On many issues, discussing the topic of the day and waging PR campaigns on Internet message boards is the only avenue the rank and file membership has to provide any input to the process before the TA is signed.
The MEC administration isn't going to publicly announce that they are negotiating any changes to the line check trip assignment system. It was not in the survey or any other documents published by ALPA.
These web boards are the only source we have.
12,000 people can't call their reps every day and ask "What's new in the negotiations?".
Guys who don't frequent these pages have no idea that first officers may lose the ability to bid trips with line check airmen. Or that those trips might be withheld from the F/O PBS run once a LCA is awarded them. That's something that a lot of pilots might have an opinion on and want to express that opinion to their reps.
We can argue about whether its a "done deal" but I think most pilots would like to at least be made aware that its under discussion.
The MEC administration is not communicating.
I'm grateful that Purple Drank is.