Originally Posted by
ForeverJunior
GearBoy is free & welcome to say whatever he wants. You don't have to be a part of a particular pilot group in order to have an opinion.
GearBoy was smart and got out when he could. He still speaks the truth.
This pilot group is weak. We always vote for the first TA & give up a bunch of stuff to management for a few extra pennies, which they fight us tooth & nail for every single time.
I hold out hope that the demographic of this pilot group is changing and that we'll vote no on crappy TAs in the future. Better yet, I'm hoping that we'll have an MEC that won't even recommend a sub-par TA.
With as many years as I personally have invested here, I'm not going anywhere. This pilot group needs to wake up & fight for a good contract.
Don't believe everything the company tries to sell you... and Brad is not your buddy. Who do you think gives Ben his marching orders?
Just go back and watch those two videos again.
You can be assured that I am not fooled by management's tactics nor do I buy into their weak arguments as to why we should lag our competitors for X, Y or Z reasons. The demographic of this group is changing, especially with the addition of the VX pilot group. If we were so weak we would have never agreed to arbitration in the first place and would have likely already caved to their demands. We have stood our ground and have taken this process as far as it can legally go. This pilot group is no longer weak and ineffective as it might have been in years past.