Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux

Don't care for the recently passed TA?

Hoping for something better next time around?

Forcefully worded letters are a start. Cathartic, anyway. Useful? Not so much.

But building a constituency and storming the castle to take over the LECs and MECs for the next TA needs to begin now.

Small but tightly organized groups with extremely narrow interests always dominate in politics and organizations of any size.

(I'm actually happy enough with the current TA. Does anyone here talk to other airline pilots, much less normal people? 1 year ER captains, and $400k/yr for top-of-pay scale captains? Holy crêpe, we're a spoiled bunch.

It wouldn't be that difficult to storm the barricades and dominate the agenda for the next turning of the wheel though. The MEC is nominally your "governing body". It's not the Holy See, however. Voting turnouts for LEC reps are insanely low, and will decrease over the next couple of years as everyone accepts the "new normal" that is the current TA. Want to have a major impact/influence on the next TA? The time to plot and plan is Right. Friking. Now.)

There's no better book about this than: The Populist Delusion - Neema Parvina. Everything you ever wanted to know about how actual politics truly work. Best book I've read in a decade. It's a SERIOUS ENDEAVOUR.

Whining on an online forum, or reading a statement at a MEC meeting, isn't going to move a needle.