Originally Posted by
89Pistons
The MEC Chair didn't sell this POS LOA to the MEC. The R&I committee and the NC did. And the majority of the members of the MEC voted for it, unfortunately. They were too focused on helping the lawyers out by calling another special meeting the day after the LOA was voted on to file BS Article VIII charges against a rep who's term ends in two months. Many of the reps that voted in favor of Article VIII charges were the ones that voted in favor of this LOA. They were too busy working for lawyers instead of working for the memebership they represent.
This isn't on the MEC Chair. This is on the reps that voted in favor. Hopefully the results of this vote snaps them back to where they their focus needs to be.
The MEC Chair is a defacto member of the NC within ALPA. You can't realistically blame a Negotiating Committee for bringing something to an MEC while insulating the MEC Chair.
I don't think any Article VIII charges were voted on or brought in the most recent meeting, nor was a separate special meeting called the day after the LOA.