Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
That said, it is pretty nice to have somebody from the union come here to the central hub of Mesa pilot communications. ALPA emails are okay, but they're inefficient, sterilized in official language, and most of the guys probably don't bother reading them. APC might not have a statistically large amount of MAG pilots, but I'd argue we have a good demographical cross section of the group, there are plenty of lurkers, people are always signing up for the site, and we can actually have substantive open discussion. This answers questions for everyone and we can share good ideas. Personally I've learned a lot in the last few pages.
And I'm going to have to walk a very very fine line on this. Part of the reason you don't see union people on boards like this (at any airline) is liability. With that said I AM NOT here with any kind of endorsement from the MAG ALPA. While I am a volunteer (and have been for almost 8 years in one way shape or form) I am not officially endorsed, encouraged, backed, etc by the MEC on what I say here.
I primarily created this account to bring a PBS expert online to help deal with the misinformation about PBS. Quite frankly it came down to come on here and try and correct things or continue to try and fix peoples bids that are entered based off of incorrect information. The debate over denial mode a few weeks ago was the final straw on my inability to just sit back and watch.
I have and will continue to tell the truth as I know it with regards to PBS, schedules, pairing production etc. I am not knowledgeable (nor should I be for that matter) on any union issues outside of scheduling. Having said that, after 8 years as a volunteer you do learn things so I’m also not saying I’m an idiot outside of scheduling matters.
Going forward each of you has to choose what to do with the information I hand out. Believe in it or not; use it or don’t. I can’t make you do anything or stop you from thinking anything that you already think. Those who believe in the black helicopters will still believe in them ever after I show hard proof that it’s not the case. But I can say I’ve had many a conversation over the years about the behind the scenes process of planning and most pilots come away with a lot more knowledge and all admit “I never considered/thought of that” then they did before we talked.