Originally Posted by
MaydayMark
I like FE but let's face it, he hasn't had much success lately. Maybe he's just "throwing in the towel"? Examples?
1. substandard LOA ... HKG still isn't filled (OK that was BC).
2. Total failure with 777 pay (should have been rolled into LOA when we had at least some negotiating capital)
3. Contract 2010? Haven't heard anything good yet? Not even a union poll so that they know what the membership wants and they can "do the right thing" (regardless of the poll results!*?)
I'm not sure that with our weak (at best) support that anyone could have done much better? Maybe his and DW's replacements will have better luck? Sure hope so ...
If the LOA wasn't FE's fault, why bring it up?
No success? The opposite is true my friend. FE rejected an unacceptable 777 offer. Just like we should have rejected an unacceptable FDA LOA, which I believe FE would have done IF HE WAS IN THE POSITION AT THE TIME. Roll 777 pay rates into the FDA LOA? So you want all the 777 pilots to be based in HKG? What?!? If that was not your intent then I have to break it to you that there was no way to tie the two together.
Haven't heard anything good about 2010? Just like a pilot to try to focus on too many things all at once. Do you really think much is done this far out? You should know all the tough negotiations do not. If you had talked with FE you would have found out he didn't want our retirement changed like many theorize it "has to". That wasn't good enough news for you? How about noticing our NC WAS a former SIG member. If you don't bid in the top 20%, that should have been good news for you too.
You are hoping for better, eh? Good luck with that....