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Old 11-27-2008 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by winglet
Professional MESA Pilots,

This so-called "TA" is actually a very poorly written, substandard pamphlet posing as a labor contract and management knows it. They know that over half of the pilot group is not familiar with the history of labor negotiations. They are hoping that your inexperience with the Railway Labor Act and contract negotiating in general will allow them to lock you into working for many years under another weak and unenforceable labor contract. Don't reward bad management by accepting this "handout" pretending to be a contract. I'll be angry for those of you too ignorant to know when you are being insulted. You will be laughed at by the industry and you don't even realize it.

What most of you who are afraid don't understand is that management is fully prepared for a negotiation. Don't worry; they will come back to the negotiating table if they want to survive. They threw this trash at us while simultaneously spreading fear hoping that we would quickly jump on it without thinking. The fear tactics being implemented are standard. Remember, it is perfectly normal and accepted practice for a labor group to turn down the first offer. That's why they are called negotiations. Don't be afraid to send this back. We need a professional contract written by professionals for professionals. We don't want a contract that will be cost prohibitive, we simply want the airline to be adequately staffed, employees equipped, properly trained and treated respectfully. Force management to invest in this company. Reverse the poor habits of this greed driven outfit. This could easily be accomplished if we stand firm and demand it.

Go review some examples of airline pilot contracts here:

http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,17/Itemid,112.html

This is your chance to send this insult back so that we will have the opportunity to renegotiate and vote on a professionally written contract.

VOTE NO!

Winglet
Yeah what he said.
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