Originally Posted by Packrat

Not at all, you're not getting it. That's what happened in the past and an illustration of the "old" mindset. I always hoped that when the new hires, the Kasherstrated and now the VXers became 51% of the voters that mindset would be allocated to the ash heap of history.

That's EXACTLY why my MEC got rid of MEC ratification and switched the ALPA rudder to Membership ratification.

Now its up to YOU to be proactive, demand what YOU want from YOUR LEC and MEC reps and then VOTE! It was always depressing that when contract votes were counted less than 50% actually took the time to vote.

I guarantee you that the senior guys will vote, especially if they think their pay rate is going to take a hit in order to improve the life of reserve pilots.

Rather, I think the biggest problems you face are crappy schedules, the inability to trade and the reduced QOL due to fewer and fewer days off. The senior guys are still doing fine with line bidding...are you?

L-AS pilots have always been afraid of PMS because they've been historically shafted by KB and her line bidding philosophy. Perhaps its time to finally give the Company the PMS they've long desired with the caveat that its something like the system the VX people had.

But, hey, its not up to me. I'm just an interested observer at this point. Decide what you want, give explicit MARCHING ORDERS to the MEC and make DAMM sure they follow them. Stay united and you may be surprised what you can accomplish.