Originally Posted by
MantisToboggan
This will never sit right for me. I pay my union dues. Everyone here does. You don't know who I am or if I volunteer, just as much as I don't know if you are the chairmen of the MEC. You could be for all I know.
That in no way effects my right to express my opinion on the union and what they are doing. What are you doing when you volunteer time to the union? Does representing pilots ring a bell? How are we to be represented if we aren't allowed to express our opinion? Your right to explain how you feel about the way things are going is in no way linked to your volunteer record. End of story.
Maybe the union only feels it represents those who do volunteer? And it attracts a certain kind of person? And maybe that echo chamber is why the union deemed it appropriate to put forth a vote on a concessionary contract that the pilot group replied to with a resounding "NO". Just spitballing here.
But maybe I'm on to something. The union is representative of the pilot group as a whole. If people truly believe that if you don't volunteer you don't have a say? Then man, are we in trouble.
Yeah, we all pay union dues which is why it’s irrelevant. You’re not just paying the union to be your voice, you’re paying into the benefits it can provide.
That’s why volunteering is important. I’m not saying you need to volunteer to have a voice, but what I am saying is you should volunteer to gain perspective. Because it’s not as black and white as people on facebook or APC make it seem.
That being said, I’m speaking from prior experience. I’m not sure what the PDT union day-to-day consists of but I can assure you that through the three airlines I’ve worked at - it’s always the same.
I honestly believe the people in our Union are trying for the best, what makes our company ****ty is that the management isn’t willing to see our point of view.