Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
I told the MEC what I wanted along with thousands of other pilots through surveys. If it's not what we want then it should fail at the MEC level. I'm already ****ed it didn't address the reserve rules that were promised, and for that reason it should fail.
They will be in much more trouble presenting a sub par TA that we didn't ask for. Talk about losing confidence in those that represent you....
I was one of the thousands who were surveyed & I said I wanted reserve rule improvements. Those apparently aren't in the TA, but some other things we wanted (improved pay, pay parity with Delta, furloughed pilot remuneration) are. If the MEC wanted everything, they should have told the Negotiating Committee to walk away if we didn't get everything. The NC didn't walk & we wound up with an AIP. I don't buy this garbage of some super secret reason the MEC should vote against sending the TA to the membership.
If the MEC doesn't send it to the membership, they should be voted out because 1) they're incompetent for not providing sufficient guidance to the NC in drafting an AIP; or 2) they're playing politics and not allowing the membership the opportunity to see the TA.
OBTW, it's insulting to insinuate adults with college educations charged with safely operating airliners are too foolish/stupid to make a measured decision about their employment's future. We don't need a nanny...