Originally Posted by
Warhawg01
Before Whack and anyone else dumps all the former mil dudes into the same LUV boat coasting the Kool-Aid seas… a data point:
Time between the end of my 20-year mil career and starting New Hire training here: less than three weeks.
But I at least had the brains to know what I didn’t know. Hence, all the following complete before I got off probation:
- Devoured the Contract
- Read Flying the Line. Both Volumes
- Read Hard Landings
- Read Sky Gods
- Read the actual text of the RLA. All of it.
- Read every single article on John Livengood’s RLA webpage.
- Went to the NMB website and dove into their negotiation report archive.
- “Hey Cap…I wasn’t here for TA1/2…what happened?” …. more times than I can count.
Later I had a long forum discussion with a now former SWAPA rep who answered a ton of my questions, quoting many of the Supreme Court cases that Lebronski has recently.
Later still, I read the riot act to a CA who couldn’t wait to vote for the 10% pay cut during COVID. This (not former mil) dude in particular is beyond hope…
But not every mil dude is. Do your part. Explain what needs to be explained. Mil guys are all about the mission, but some could use your *constructive* help reorienting where the mission comes from and who the mission is for. It’s not SWA. It’s us (their new “bros”). It is their family. They already had a career being selfless. Teach them why now is the time to be selfish.
That’s awesome and encouraging! Well done! And I bet you’ve discovered understanding the RLA doesn’t require you to be a rocket scientist.
I’d also recommend going to Google Scholar “Cases” feature and searching for RLA cases that concern various topics like “good faith bargaining” and mediation. There are also quite a few good legal journal articles out there from which can be gleaned valuable insights. They can be found via a variety of methods but searching Google Scholar “Articles” is a good one.