How does everyone feel that 8 Block Reps have asked the ALPA to tell the NMB that we want to be released to self help without even hearing the companies response to our latest offer. What a bunch of fools.

Council 22 Members,
On Monday, a Special MEC Meeting was held via teleconference. Under the agenda umbrella of “Negotiation Decisions, Strategies, and Actions Moving Forward,” an assembly line of unannounced resolutions was pushed forward by MEC Status Reps Cutler, Workman, Comer, Turner, Watson, Gomez, Holmes and Beckwith.
After the meeting started, they proceeded to ambush the rest of the MEC with lengthy and complex resolutions. For the sake of political expediency, these agenda items were forced through leveraging Robert's Rules to silence and stifle debate. This process culminated in a resolution demanding that the ALPA President file a request with the National Mediation Board for a proffer of binding arbitration.
Currently, we are awaiting the Company's response to our full and complete supposal as approved by the MEC. Unfortunately, BEFORE the Company even had the chance to provide a response, the above reps voted to reject and demand a release. This short-sighted course of action will ensure that we never know what the Company was actually going to provide.
Additionally, they delayed the Negotiating Committee from providing a debrief of last week’s negotiation session and information that the Mediator wished to share with the MEC. This included, but was not limited to, new and critical information about the upcoming meetings. They actually said “no” to learning new information that would have helped shape our decision-making on their agenda items. Instead, they chose a path that was predestined and will guarantee that we don’t resume negotiations anytime soon.
Pizza Pat