Originally Posted by
eaglefly
If only this were true. National has great influence over what individual MEC's do and even say. I've seen it in action and virtually all ALPA related correspondence to the MEC's affected pilots must first be rubber stamped by Nationals attorneys.
This is only because MEC members caved to perceived pressure. There is nothing in the constitution and by-laws that compel any MEC to do anything that the ALPA president or attorneys say.
Originally Posted by
R57 relay
Didn't ALPA refuse to sigh CC Air's ratified contract, leading to its shutdown?
The ALPA president does sign all contracts. He is supposed to follow the administrative manual when doing so. And in this case, a concessionary contract, he was required to sit on it because the cc air MEC didnt comply with the administrative manuals policy in negotiating concessions.
Originally Posted by
eaglefly
They also overrode Envoy ALPA's MEC who wanted to fight AMR and drafted a letter directly to their pilots basically stating that since they only have stepping stone jobs, they shouldn't expect to move forward economically with forward pattern-bargaining type advances and to accept what's offered. I think national didn't want to spend resources.
This was a letter penned by an Eagle pilot who was part of the executive council. He was not speaking for anyone else other than for himself as an Eagle pilot. And even if it was blessed by the executive council, it has absolutely no standing on what any MEC decides to do. The MEC has its own funds it can spend on whatever it feels it should negotiate for and no one at national can do anything about that.
So will anyone answer my question? What is the APA dues rate?