I'm confused.

Are we angry at out MEC chair because he didn't roll over on the 757 LCA/FLEX issue, when the company realized their lack of foresight?

I am certainly not against these pilots getting passover, if they can hold WB. And, I'm sure no one in the MEC is, either. However, in this situation, new narrow-bodies, it's not possible under our current CBA. That's the way it is. If the company, or FAA, feels its necessary to have these guys. Then, the CBA needs to be amended.

How many grievances have we lost, due to what is written in the CBA? Too many!! Did the company arbitrarily change the CBA to help us out? NO!!! This is one of those moments that, doesn't come along very often, that we have non-jeopardy leverage.

Shut down the 757 program? That's up to the company. I'm sure that our union is willing to make the necessary amendments to the CBA to keep the program going. Is the company willing to actually negotiate? We'll see.

I, for one, am proud of the stance we are taking...And, hope that we use this to full extent possible.