Originally Posted by
rube
That is utter nonsense. The people "in the back seat" revolted against the manifesto delivered by Roger Goodwin. You don't get to claim that your horrible, no good, very bad idea to burn the place down somehow resulted in a businesslike outcome.
Bill can get a consensus on the MEC (even if they all voted for themselves, as you see), but his skill set runs smack against a wall when the task involves an actual decision with accountability afterwards. You can kiss the mid-contract opportunities goodbye for a while, he doesn't know how to chase those while keeping his legion of backstabbers happy.
The TA vote shows it plain and simple. 82 percent of the Delta pilots supported the deal and the means by which we achieved it. The twelve had NOTHING to do with that effort, and had to be frightened into doing it by their own electorates. They have no standing anymore.
You know when its time to act when the constituents compel you to act. AIPs are a perfect example. They were modified after being chiseled in stone. Why?, the constituents compelled action. TA1 failed and those responsible where ridden out on a rail. Why?, the constituents compelled action. That's how you know the time and the deal are right.
Your desire to put it in a box and wrap it in a bow neatly, so as to be "business like" is your flaw. You've never worn two different socks or folded a map wrong and just put it away, and left it be, have you? If a picture on the wall is a little a skew or something is left unfini