Originally Posted by
A320fumes
It's not my responsibility to lead the charge in ORD or DEN. But I (the entire MEC) supported their relief by voting in favor of LOA 14. I also reached out to the DEN Reps before putting the IAH resolution on the table. I have huge respect for the ORD and DEN Reps, but won't emulate or criticize the way they represent their Pilots. That would be out of line and inappropriate.
Also, I've heard the arguments that "this is different"; my counter is that it's no different to the Pilot being displaced. I'm obligated to advocate for 171 Pilots; I won't apologize for that and will work within established legal and moral confines to do so.
It's too bad you don't know the difference between a base closing and a bump.
Pretty simple concept.