Originally Posted by
jumppilot
I don’t think the C11 CA rep is trying to save anything, I think he’s being honest with us.
Being a rep isn’t that good of a job. You are a line pilot who gets trip drops for union and LEC meetings. That’s it. Ever notice how only a few people run each cycle? It’s because it’s a thankless job that demands a lot out of you, especially on days off. If it was an amazing job, with full time trip loss pay, there’d be 30 people running each cycle.
I think this email is more powerful than an original “NO” vote at the MEC. Most pilots aren’t on the forums, but all pilots do get union emails. This will force pilots to take a closer look at the agreement; the people who saw this overwhelmingly passed at the MEC and base their vote on that.
“It must have been a good deal. Oh, wait. Lots of pilots aren’t happy? Hmm, let me take a closer look.”
It is a little late to pull back. We trusted him to educate himself on the proposed TA and decide to send it out for MR or not. He didn't look at it objectively or maybe he has lost touch with the line pilot but either one is unforgivable. Time to go fly planes for awhile. Make a mea culpa and resign and maybe run again in a few years once we shoot this turd down.
The townhalls are bordering on offensive. They keep talking like politicians and "we don't believe that to be true". If we were properly staffed, scheduling cared about line pilots QOL, and people were willing to move into positions that put them on reserve their opinions might be true but that isnt how we operate. They said this TA doesn't fix the unfilled captain vacancies or widebody vacancies but "they believe" reserves won't be used for 6 am departures on day one because there will be more reserves than scheduling knows what to do with? The company has been burning through reserves in every base using EVERY reserve EVERY day in some bases for years. 4 or 5 days off a month for commuters just evaporated because two subject matter "experts" don't want to admit a huge foul up. They are living in some fairy tale where the company is going to staff the airline and reserves will be sitting at home. It is a disgusting show of incompetence.