Originally Posted by
FourPutt
Welcome to the cost of having a union which is much better than not paying union dues and having no legal representation at all. How much more do you think you would complain if we had no union and the company was free to change policies whenever? So you are saying we don't need a NC? A couple of years of 121 time and you are just now learning of FPL for union members? Go to SKW if you are tired of paying ALPA dues or volunteer to join the union since you have all the answers.
I am saying that our contract is in place for another 8 years, and that we have absolutely nothing to negotiate until then. The company does not have anything to "negotiate" with us regarding the flow. They will tell us what they will give us, and that is it.
The last MEC disbanded the NC, and for good cause. It is simply not needed right now. It is a waste of money. Use that money for something that helps the pilots. Informational picketing is a good start. Use the money for that. Send out mailers telling people how PSA continually violates our contract, shorts us in pay, and treats us poorly.
If there is something that is to be negotiated, then our MEC is lying to us and hiding it from us. If this is the case, then I am even more ashamed of them.
I have only flown for ALPA carriers, and support ALPA. It is our weak MEC that I have a problem with.