Originally Posted by
bitwiser
If anyone is wondering why the rhetoric from the pro-TA crowd has been stepped up today, it's because the recalls of our out-of-touch representatives began formally yesterday. The motion to recall TC (the only MEC member to vote against the TA) overwhelmingly failed, and the motion to recall the block 5 and 7 reps overwhelmingly passed. They're seeing their stranglehold on this pilot group slip away, and are desperately hoping to stop the other reps from being recalled.
Pretty sad that none of them resigned, honestly. If they did, it would allow us to move toward the next deal faster. Instead, we have to spend months cleaning house first. By the unions own math, this is costing the pilot group $70M/month.
Pro TA rhetoric at this point is pointless. But, the nefarious motives and attitudes some of you anonymously accuse our reps of is sickening. "Stranglehold"?
Even if every single rep (other than TC, the hero of APC/JF) stepped down today and were instantly magically replaced with all the better people who are going to right all the wrongs, that's not going to bring the NMB and the company back to the table any quicker.