New Negotiating Chairman Search
Now that it's official the BC is leaving (please don't let the door hit you in the As$ on the way out), hopefully we can find a new chairman with some balls who really WILL be able to direct negotiations that will improve the "pillars" of our contract vice coming out months later and admitting he couldn't improve our work rules. I've talked to a couple of guys itching to beat heads with the company.....hopefully they meet the "protocol" and have their resumes up to the MEC's liking.
I also think it's time our union starts using our dues (in our "best interest") by hiring PROFESSIONAL negotiators to sit at the table for us. If we want pilots in the background (ie chairman for direction), that's great. But it's time for the union and us to admit that we're PILOTS not NEGOTIATORS.
Call your block reps and have this discussion. I think it's time we explore and use this option. You can bet your as$ the company does. Anyone else agree???