Originally Posted by
Oly2016
Wow. 58-42 closer than I thought. Even with the MEC voting 16-3, carve-outs and the sales job. Doesn't seem like the MEC is reflective of the pilot group. I think everyone can take away from it what they want, but there is definitely not unity.
I'd say they are reflective of the pilot group in that the reps who voted to accept the LOA believed that there was enough in it to satisfy the pilot group as a whole. If the pilot vote had been reversed to 42-58, then I'd agree with your statement. Using another example, the UPA extension LOA passed 79-21 yet the vote on the MEC was something like 13-7. That's a much closer MEC vote vs. the blowout vote by the pilots. MEC votes in this case are like the Senate. Each rep gets one vote no matter how many pilots he/she represent. Only the MEC will know the final pilot vote breakdown by each council, but I'd be willing to bet the majority of every council voted IN FAVOR of this.