Originally Posted by
RedeyeAV8r
I believe we turned down 2 TA's in a row. ALPA 1 in 1995 and again with FPA in 1997. It only took the Union (both ALPA and FPA) imploding twice and a couple of MEC Chair and FPA President & Negotiation Committee resignations and a recall or 2 and we finally got a Management sided contract shoved down out throats.
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If you are relatively new here (less than 20 years, from my prospective) you need to listen to the stories from the old hands. Red letters, non flight employees protests, a direct message from the top, threats of out sourcing, all happened, long ago; all could happen again.