Originally Posted by
Bockrain
Why are you against majority rule?
You are too small a group to justify your own local. Look what happened to ABX. They had their own local (1224) when they were AE. With the DHL downsizing, they were forced to consolidate with the other smaller IBT airlines.
I am not against majority rule. So long as the majority are fair and equitable. Lest my high school history class memory is flawed, we were hardly the majority when we broke free of British rule in favor of a more equitable representation scheme.
And, the comparison with ABX is flawed. K4 is not dependent on DHL's whims to keep afloat. They are a fair sized part of our business, but hardly the majority. DHL could kick us to the curb tomorrow and we would still be hiring pilots.
300 pilots is not too small of a force to support its own local. And, we are well on our way to the 500 mark. Kalitta v1.0 had about 500 when we were in our own captive local. It was never unable to meet the needs of the membership and was actually able to provide self supported welfare benefits that helped a number of our brothers and sisters who had devastating health or family issues.