Originally Posted by
Albief15
... So--I wish General Lee hadn't squandered all his forces at Gettysburg, and JEB Stuart hadn't been away from that battle. I wish we would have been better prepared for Pearl Harbor. I wish we'd have brought in air cover during the Bay of Pigs invasion, and taken a pass on Vietnam. I also wish we'd not gone into Iraq in 2003. And dang it, I wish ALPA had decided to fight against age 65 to the bitter end, and our own MEC oppossed the retroactivity provisions. But complaining about the latter carries about as much effect as complaining about the former.
Agreed. Quite a few famous quotes could be referenced here (...those who do not learn from history are doomed....). What would you proposed is to be learned - constructively - from our recent Union history? Specifically? (Not something like we are one or we are none, please......)
Originally Posted by
Albief15
I'm hearing a lot of calls for change. We got block rep positions open next spring. It doesn't have to be one of the same 40 guys who seem to always end up with their names in Positive Rate. Bring it on...
If we had 12 Albies, or maybe 10 Albies and 2 TonyCs, (or however many reps there are - need more Albies that TonyCs 'cause he's been just flat wrong a few times.... I'm adding up about 3% of the time..), what do you think could be accomplished in the current structure? Daniel L. might be able to weigh in on this one.... he's pretty sharp in this area.