Originally Posted by
AllenAllert
What happened to all the love Ben? First, let me say it's a honorable thing you do by volunteering for the surplus to EWR. I'm sure many will be keeping track of that. Secondly, what are you going to do for the junior guy that you potentially BUMP out of a Captain seat in EWR?
You've started to use the "us and them" to address the two pilot groups again and back to calling the blue side Brain Surgeons. We've come a long way for you to start that again because you didn't win your carve-out. You admit that your carve-out would be a precedent for all surpluses going forward and I'm sure you know that this little carve-out would perpetuate the granting super-seniority to every pilot surplussed at the expense of all other pilots TRUE seniority. Bad deal and the MEC voted "NO". Tell all the United pilots the vote tally. Not names and LEC's just totals. It was your "DEAL" and you should be the one to tell them. It would be more appropriate to put it in YOUR next Houston LEC RANT instead of just giving it to the APC crowd.
If there is a positive, you were able to persuade the company to break the surplus into three groups. Was it the Houston CP that bailed you out? After all, didn't he put the DEAL together for you to sell to the MEC?
Happy Father's Day!
That aside, read your own post. Absolutely NOTHING your said is truthful or coherent.
My hope is that you might have a friend who is more educated in this regard. I hope he/she helps you understand some of the facts on the issue. If you wish to educate yourself, hear is the documentation that you should peruse:
-The initial displacement was for 350, not 150, even if done in three rounds; basic arithmetic. Read Howard's letters on the subject "base realignment/IAH Displacements.
-The MEC has already given very specific "deals" to
only the Pilots of SEA, ORD and LAX. The 171 resolution would give grandfather rights to
ALL United Pilots. Read the grandfather rights resolution and LOA 14.
Lastly, this incessant libel you guys drivel about Muir and I being buddies is a lie probably founded on the fact that I have an outstanding record of picking up the phone and getting Pilots out of trouble without the Pilot ever having to come to the flight office. There is a certain sub-group in our ranks who are actually disappointed when I call and tell them that their issue has been handled and there is no need for them to report to the flight office. As a result, I now ask the Pilots if they want me to handle the issue, or would they like an investigatory meeting?
I know not where Rick Muir lives, what he drives, his wife's name our how many kids he has. It's all business. We have a mutual understanding that I will never get in the way of him being a manager, and He'll never get in the way of me representing Pilots.
I really hope that you educate yourself on these issues. If you need help, I'm always here.
Frats,
Ben
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