Originally Posted by captnate702

Section 24.B.1. Long term Union Business. Andrew could take long term UB and free up additional two additional people to be off anytime the union wants with flight pay loss. (Section 24.A.1). We can have 2 pilots off for short term UB anytime we want and 1 pilot off for long term UB. Company can’t say a word about it. These are facts, but facts are pesky little things. Read your contract.

However, if AR takes long term UB he can’t bid a line in PGD and bank 120-150 PCH a month in flight pay loss. Not saying that is why he hasn’t taken long term UB but I’m sure it’s something he’s at least thought about.

As for Urban winning those arbitrations, we’ve lost 6 in a row and several of them we were promised would be easy wins (like picking up SAP should pay above guarantee). I’m sure urban is a good attorney, but it is playing with straight fire that he has never negotiated an RLA contract yet. Think about this: he’s never even dealt with the NMB. Maybe he’s crazy talented. But we’ve got the money, we should be paying for experienced RLA to negotiate this contract and get us through NMB mediation when that day comes.

Makes me nervous that AR has never negotiated before and he’s leaning on an inexperienced lawyer who looks like a slick Vegas personal injury attorney. We’ve got the resources, we should have real attorneys working this. We should have at least three people dedicated to the union at all times (that’s the max our contract allows and our company can’t say a word about it).

Think bigger y’all. We’ve got the resources and it’s obvious that there’s work that needs to be done. We are paying more than any other union in the industry, no reason we shouldn’t have better infrastructure, more full time union reps, and the best lawyers money can buy.