Originally Posted by
Grumble
Real ballers have a money gun...
I can understand where the ambiguity lies in the definition of second bid period. I'm glad ALPA is trying to exctract all they can, but I don't think it's worth going to war over. Keep those rounds chambered. Guys need to settle down. Focus that anger on more existential threats, like NAI. Some guys are screwing themselves into the ceiling over a few percentage points for one month, yet I doubt lifted a finger to write or call their reps over bigger problems.
I do hear you. But,...........What else is still lacking?
I don't believe the "hold back" was ever settled and none of us have seen that money, nor any interest on that. That's real money the company really owes us. I know ALPA and the company are still engaged on this, but no updates in quite a while.
No moneys issued to date on the LTD over-payments for the former CAL pilots. I think that needs to get fast-tracked.
The NAI issue is an ALPA National issue. None of our pilot emails to anyone has an effect. Unless all the pilots in the service of ALPA are empowered to take some sort of action (something big), then nothing will happen. The Democratically controlled executive branch and it's "labor friendly" NMB and DoL and DoJ didn't seem to matter. I think something much more effective than an email campaign will be required. If that was our strategy, then it was doomed before we hit the send buttons.