Originally Posted by
av8or
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.
But Alaska MECs HAVE sold TA's to the pilot group via road show. They HAVE used the BS "time value of money" line to sell a weak TA. The best way to fix this contract IS to start from scratch. Why is it insulting to hear the truth, just because it comes from someone who doesn't work here?
When Alaska bought VX they bought 800 pilots, all outsiders at the time, who for the most part were astonished not only to see how trash the contract was, but that Alaska pilots were proud of it! Frankly, this group of all pilot groups could probably benefit from paying more attention to outsiders' perspectives.