Originally Posted by
The Juice
Do you really think if the MEC came out tomorrow telling us to "fly safe" in a more direct way, versus the slogan, management or the mediator wouldn't see that as promoting an illegal job action?
If I can tell and you can tell, better believe other sides can and will tell what it means.
And how do you think a work slowdown will be perceived by the mediator at our first session?
You want leadership and action. I would argue that true leadership is sometimes holding back and waiting for the right time.
I agree with most of what you've said. This is why the union has to "officially " stay above the fray and, in my opinion, say something like this "dear fellow pilots. While we are currently negotiating we would advise our members to fly only your awarded trip being mindful not to violate any part of the CBA", or something similar. "While we want to apply all legal pressure available to us, we ask members to limit their extra and above the minimum limits in this challenging environment. We recognize this may cause hardship but in the long run we will all benifit. If you considered volunteering for future events outside the required legal bound duties your MEC would ask you to refrain from doing so".
But what did we get? The opposite.