From the masses - I think they are mostly getting a pass. It's the same sheep mentality as the LOA, etc - most are pretty disinterested among the pilot corps.

We need a very proactive union right now, and all we are getting is silence. DW was pushing retro for the over-60 guys at the same time that the company was considering reduced BLG/furlough (***?). We were facing a diminshing economy, 3-man to 2-man cockpit conversions, phase-outs of the DC-10 and 727, FDA's, etc - and DW felt comfortable in pushing Age-60 and retro against the majority's wishes with hardly a blip from the masses (except for those on this board). In this very critical period, the union is not giving the impression that it is working very hard to protect the interests of the pilot group as a whole - but, it did fight hard for a few.