Originally Posted by
Boeing Aviator
True but consider the following:
This TA passed the MEC essentially by a roll call of 150 pilots. That's a razor thin margin. Although technically the TA passed the MEC by a senatorial vote of 13-7, if anyone of the 13 yes voters had voted no a roll call vote would have been called. In this scanerio on a roll call basis the TA vote would have failed the MEC.
So that being based on what you posted above you can make the argument management did offer just enough to get a 50.1 pass rate.
Which if it passes by a large margin is exactly why the politics on the MEC is so toxic. If the MEC roll call is 50.1% and the actual pilots vote it in by 75%, then is the MEC REALLY doing what the pilots are saying they want done?? My reps both voted no and in a statement said that one of the reasons why is that the TA didn't follow MEC direction because there were no reserve changes and the NC and MC (wisely if you ask me) decoupled the New Narrowbody discussion from the agreement to avoid the shiny jet syndrome. So the question I will pose to them is if the majority of pilots in your council vote FOR the deal and you both voted against, are YOU following COUNCIL direction? I think not. We will see when the final vote is tallied.
As I've said before, I hate the way the MEC does business. 2 pilots speak for 1500 with no effective way to guage the pulse of their constituents. 20 pilots choose the MC. Hate the methodology