Originally Posted by
pinseeker
While I agree with you 100%, the last poll was initially conducted by phone for a select few and then open for all FedEx ALPA members to participate in. My guess is that many chose not to participate or aren't on the MEC mailing list and didn't know it was open. I made it clear that I wasn't in favor of proceeding with the VB plan. I have also let the MEC know my feelings.
I wasn’t selected for a phone survey. I did the online survey and left no question that I was very opposed to the VB plan.
I don’t remember a question that specifically said, “do you want us to engage the company and negotiate the VB plan”. Not saying the question wasn’t asked, but I sure don’t remember it. Obviously, my answer was no.
I wrote my block rep about 10 days ago and haven’t heard back.
Is there any doubt we’ll totally mess this up? It’s an incredibly complex plan and we’re negotiating with amateurs. We know the company has a team of accountants/lawyers and we have pilots and a couple of lawyers that will be completely outclassed.
Last time we settled our contract prior to peak with a very lean crew force. We caved on multiple items (retirement was a huge fail). The company outlasted us and we ran out of money due to lengthy negotiations and parties at Buffalo Wild Wings. Now we’re spending our money on Blitzstein and Cheiron and negotiating a retirement change that a lot of us don’t want. Are we really this stupid?
I suggest the union stop and have a vote on this. They promised up that they wouldn’t go forward with our approval, but they don’t seem to care. If the majority votes to move forward, I reserve the right to tell you “I told you so”, but at least you have a majority.