This is the part where the tail wags the dog. How is the membership supposed to 'provide input' to the MEC on how they should vote, if the membership hasn't even been educated on all the hidden gems in the T/A?

I'm sure most of us have already contacted our LEC Reps. in the past 24 hours, since some of the T/A 'highlights' were released yesterday. And I'm also sure there was a lot more "VOTE NO" input than "VOTE YES" input.

Here's a real question:

If the LEC Reps are getting overwhelming "Vote NO" input, if they truly are our "Representatives", how should they vote?

What we've always seen here at DL South in past contracts (since we got Membership Ratification in 1996) was, our Reps have ALWAYS voted YES, even for the POS that was C1996, just so they could absolve themselves of any final responsibility. "Give it to the Membership, let them decide." has been the theory/excuse to pass a POS on to the Members.

At that point, it becomes circular logic, and it passes. What I hear from the line pilots is, "Well, it MUST be OK, why else would the MEC vote Yes for it?"

And the MEC will say, "Well, it must have been OK, 62% of the line pilots voted for it"

When in fact, it's just another low ball turd that nobody wants to hold on to, so they keep passing it around, trying to keep the smell off of themselves.