Originally Posted by Gunter

Actually, I think it does. This tells me BC may not like this any more than we do. But he does have some fiduciary duties to fulfill. Perhaps he feels an obligation to go with the majority of the MEC and offer the LOA to the membership. In that situation talking bad about the LOA would be going against the will of the MEC. You get to a point performing your duties for the union where you have to put some personal feelings aside to do the job for everyone. But inside you hope the LOA will sell (or destroy) itself.

If this is the best he thinks he can get out of negotiations, he may be hoping for a big NO vote. Following the no vote he can go back to the company with a lot more bargaining power.

I know I don't know why it passed 11-1. I can't get inside the minds of the MEC. Maybe they aren't as obsessed with their own fate as I think. Maybe they really do believe we will be junior assigned and suffer a 10 yr greivance fight if we don't go for the LOA. And the greivance fight may go against us. While over 150 pilots live overseas without extra dough. This time the MEC may be really working for them. But it's hard to believe the boy who cried wolf one too many times.

But I can tell you one thing, this place will be changed forever. KD will be calling a lot more names for classes and interviews with many saying "NO". Every newhire is looking at a foreign domicile or 3 month "deployments" to said domiciles.

Additionally, while I would like to help out those in the pool I am more interested in helping out the junior bubbas on the property now.