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Old 11-07-2016 | 09:28 AM
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Vincent Chase
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The OP was a commuting angry puppy guy out of Atlanta, if memory serves.
He also moved to Atlanta. He has heartburn over other people who chose not to move to Mecca getting some sort of "good deal" (that is unknowledgeable at this point) that he would no longer get since he moved to Mecca. Now this thread has morphed to how/if we can kill this provision.

I plan to vote yes on this TA, despite the "poison pill" that this VB thing is. Then again, it's in my interest, just as it's in the interest of the OP to "kill VB."

Bottom line here is this...We are a union, but not really in the sense of most unions. Most union workers are in lock step because each company offered provision affects each union member similarly. Not so in this white collar airline union. Some folks pack their wagons and move to Mecca, buy a hopped-up golf cart, and cruise the cart lanes of Peachtree City to their kids' soccer games. Others are in different life situations where commuting to do this job is a necessity.

I really hate to agree with Bond nee TSquare nee all his other screen names, but he is essentially correct about 12 pages back.

If this thing is an abortion, I trust our membership (and our current MEC leadership) to do the right thing. OTOH, if the company downplays it for a year then turns it into a beast we can no longer control, that could be a problem.

Just my $0.02 on what I currently see as a fat nothingburger we seem to generate thousands of posts about.
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