What I do after the 27th is contingent upon whether we vote in the TA or not. If it doesn't pass and we get a chance to TA 2.0, I will try to influence TA 2.0. However, a vital ingredient to TA 2.0 will be the pilot group willing to do informational pickets often. If we can't persuade BJ with power, then the legalese will never get a chance to happen. Furthermore, our MEC/NC needs to a swift kick in the arse to stop hiding behind surveys and ALPA status-quo as a reason for their lack of aggressiveness. They need to gain a military mindset with a shock-and-awe, overwhelming dominance conviction. If TA 1.0 gets passed, then I need to explore legal options to stop funding an organization I do not temporarily agree with until a time at which the right people can be put into servant positions. Then we can exercise our yet non-existent free will option to fund them. As you know, the Supreme Court ruled in the favor of non-lanyard wearers not paying union dues for public unions. The same precedent can be used to get the freedom to choose to fund ALPA or not. It just hasn't been taken to court, although I feel it would be an easy victory against forced payment. The ultimate goal is to keep our union accountable to getting us an industry rate/industry leading contract. Of course this is just an option and not one I'm in favor of because of the risk of causing permanent damage to ALPA, which I do not want. I simply want to make ALPA into a winning formula, not the loser it is now. The only reason they can claim any victory is because they are a monopoly. So all the "yes" voters can really only make an argument citing "it's better than what we had before". When you have a monopoly, you only progress just enough to say "you're better than what you had before". I won't be happy until pilots from other airlines envy being a BJ pilot because of pay and rules. That hasn't happened because ALPA hasn't delivered. If we gained the ability to break the monopoly by having the freedom to choose whether we fund something or not, then we all win. Then ALPA will have to PERFORM in order to gain funding. I'll be happy to pay $$$ if ALPA delivers results. However, TA 1.0 is a failure. Look at pay rates alone... they are already substandard particularly when you subtract out (1.9%++ or ~2.1% from ALPA dues alone).
I don't want to answer about my credentials. I need to remain anonymous to be effective. I also don't want people to trust others (or me) simply because they are making an "authority position" argument (e.g. I have a PHD after my name so only I can be right... I'm an ALPA MEC veteran so I know more than you). You can judge my viewpoints on their merit alone. My agenda is simple: make this profession professional again with professional pay and work rules.
JBLU pilots and Bluepilots are not anonymous. Someone knows who you are. If BJ wanted to, there are legal mechanisms to unmask those people (subpoena). Plus, I'm not convinced that Bluepilots isn't run by BJ in some way to serve as a honeypot. JBLU pilots is well intentioned but is flawed because you are easily unmasked through legal mechanisms.
Here's something I just got in the mail....
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