Originally Posted by
GearBoy
Don’t get me wrong. I wish you guys luck.
Resolve? I don’t doubt your resolve. If only it were a question of resolve. The question is whether or not you’ll get a good TA truly worthy of a yes vote or another marginal one crafted to pass with that 50%-plus-one vote.Will your union again sell you the TA via road show? Will your union again tell you that you deserve better but they think you should take it because of the time value of money argument? Retro-pay or the Company preferred signing bonus? Is there enough resolve to vote-down a turd and start over again? That’ll take time. Resolve fades over time.
like I said, I wish you guys luck. You’ll need it. The system and time is against you. I’m also of the opinion that the only way you guys will ever get the contract changes that you need is through a strike. You’re just too far behind. You need to start over from scratch.
I do think you guys have the resolve to strike, Whether you’ll ever get the chance, that’s the question.
Absent a strike, you’ll more than likely get a TA designed to pass by 50%+1. That’ll be the real test of your resolve.
Answer to “When did he do that?”
The pilots at Alaska have voted for an MEC/LEC and NC that has been forthright and transparent. They have exercised discipline and resolve. Theyve lead and built trust. They have listened and communicated.
And this pilot group has done the same. And, it’s insulting in the extreme to have some outsider jack wagon acting like HE is the arbiter of whether or not we have enough resolve, or got a good enough contract, or whatever his definition might be of “caving” etc.