Originally Posted by FTv3

The world according to BK: We are way behind, we have accepted concessionary or neutral contracts last 2 rounds. EB is the primary reason.

Reality of BK: straight out of the military to UPS. Antiunion or union hesitant initially. Never held a single volunteer position on any committee, never ran for office. No outside airline experience. He has 0 insight or experience with how a union runs or how contracts are negotiated.

Proof: he has been asked ad nauseam to explain what the problems are at the IPA and specific solutions. Beyond simple change, new ideas, he has not offered 1 single tangible problem nor a solution to fix it. His point of view and understanding of how unions work is contradictory to every single person who has ever held EB or higher up union positions (except JS - older scheduling chair who left under unfavorable circumstances). He literally doesn’t know what he is talking about.

Somebody tried to paint BK as a victim (the union kool-aid drinkers attacking him) a few posts ago. 99% of the time BK comes out with his guns blazing, making outrageous claims, calling the vast majority of us brainwashed or delusional. He creates his own problems and as someone pointed out, almost every thread he participates in spirals downhill as soon as he joins in. He is toxic, a troll, a disruptor - a free gift to the company. To his credit, really nice guy in person.

Most of the retirees who post have been in battle, know how the game works. I’d much rather hear from them than the opinionated loud mouth arm chair quarterbacks who’ve never thrown a football in their entire lives.

YMMV