Originally Posted by Denny Crane

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In the beginning I agreed with LM. The "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" philosophy was the way to go after BK, IMO. The problem, as I see it, began when Dalpa started bending over backwards for the Company but there wasn't any reciprocation (or very little so as to be negligible). In past MEC's I think this attitude became rampant. That's where I run into a problem.

It only appears ridiculous to you because you are looking at it from only one side of the equation. I guess we were ridiculous when C2K was negotiated too and we were asked by the Union to clean out our lockers. Did we know the positions of both sides then? How did pilots long ago achieve what they did? Thru resolve and unity.

Unity comes with every one of us being on the same page. Information about table positions is all well and good but it doesn't lead to Unity. Unity is a state of mind. According to Vocabulary.com Unity is the quality of being United into one. To get the best deal we can we must be united. At this point it doesn't really matter what our ask is. The Union has put it forward and the Company has failed to respond. The question is: Are you going to side with the Company or the Union? It's a one or the other question with no in-between. Are you gonna side with the Company if you feel our ask is out to lunch? If you don't like what the Union is doing then email/talk to your Reps. Undermining the Negotiations by making SM posts saying how ridiculous our table position is when you haven't seen either it or the Companys is ridiculous in my book.

Denny