That is actually correct. The C11 membership should have never elected him. It used to be protocol or cultural to move your way up with committee work. Imagine a 2nd Lt. showing up new to the squadron and talking about how he should be CO.

Sadly the current C11 VC has no idea about unions, believing his MIL experience is sufficient and is out of the box plug n play. Watching Tony function has been a painful train wreck to watch. Liken it to a private pilot trying to fly a United jet with arrogance. There is a reason why Tony has ZERO campaign letters of support from other pilots.

Recall he made a sophomoric 30m YouTube video in response to the failed Tumi TA. (Still on his YT page) From that video he expected to be anointed Negotiating CHAIR!

I ran into the LAX rep who stated Tony has been offering apologies in an attempt rebrand himself for this election. He definitely has personal aspirations, probably in management. ALPA is just a stepping stone.

If you are a C11 pilot and a military guy, do the critical analyses when determining your vote. Anne got votes simply because she was AF. (She flew formation with hubby!!! ) And we are now dealing with chaos and dysfunction. C11 is military dominant and the low hanging fruit easy vote logic is I am military, the candidate is military, done! Don’t be that guy!

If we don’t get our house together, protecting the contact currently and preparing for a new contract, management is going to own the process.

Over the years there have been good C11 MIL guys doing ALPA work and horrible ones. The ability of the membership to place the right pilots as candidates is fundamental.