Originally Posted by
baseball
It's pretty bad optics regardless.
Everything the MEC does to include it's choice of toilet paper has political ramifications.
They aren't stupid. They know everything they do has a political consideration or overtone. That is why everything they do should be carefully measured as everyone is watching.
No one in their right mind wants any of those jobs, so I don't see how a member pilot pointing out an incongruity is grinding a political axe.
I think it's 94.5 hours. I don't think 91 is accurate.
The contract LOA has and will have unintended consequences. One of those consequences will be a severe erosion in unity. You can't argue with that. It simply is what it is.
I can see it now. The rent fund relief LOA will be coming soon for the junior third, whereby ALPA will be mandating the senior third cover two thirds of their rent until load factors go above 70%.
Then we will have the baby sitting relief LOA, the ice-cream social relief LOA, ....the list is endless.
Set the FFPL at 100 hours for even math. That works out to 25 hours a week. Now you want them to take a pay cut? Remember that for line pilots, the reduction is in the opportunity to work, not pay.
The angry group can’t have it both ways. The MPG reductions represent less work, do we really want our MEC doing less right now?
Ok, you guys show up to the LECaram the resolution through the councils and I’ll show up and cast my vote.