Originally Posted by
duvie
flaming POS… Huh. The thing that no one has read yet? The agreement that our hard-working volunteer union members have probably been losing sleep to get to us for our review?
I guess you don’t trust yourself to use your critical thinking hat and just vote no before you read it? Are you afraid of what happens when you start thinking for yourself, you might be tempted to see a nuanced position somewhere between the two ends of the spectrum? we have a lot of amazing guys and gals volunteering their time to try and make our careers better. I trust that the negotiating committee and MEC will not send us something terrible, and if We happen to not believe it is in our best interest, We will vote no.
try to treat situations like they are dynamic… It helps in the cockpit and in life too
There is a reason why some of us do not blindly trust our union or negotiation committee-
5-J-1-h.
I would bet that the majority (90%+) of our pilots are not aware of this issue.
In that we were blatantly lied to. In the hearing regarding the violation of seat 4B, it turns out that the union sold that seat back to the company to get an extra $50 million towards our signing bonus, during negotiations and BEFORE the TA was put out there.
So instead of a $350 million signing bonus to all the pilots, the 756 pilots added another $50 million to the pot but were not told till afterwards.. that 5-J-1-h didn't 'actually' apply.
Who said it? "Trust but verify"...
(I know, it was RR)
Still holds true today.
And for those of you saying we don't even know if the rumors are true, will.. again, history-
Many of us have been around long enough to know that when certain things are 'leaked' right before the official union announcement, they are usually 95%ish on the mark.
History.. hmm, what a novel concept. Learning from it NOT trying to re-write it.
Motch