Originally Posted by
AL E NEWMAN
Thanks Micro for the timely response, but I believe everyone in good standing should have received an email as to who the candidates are, but little is known of their seniority or block membership and previous experiences. Thank you for being upfront, but no disrespect intended when I say I have heard the "I will be upfront and a standup guy when I am elected(seated) routine". All I am pointing out is if we have a comm guy(do we?) lets hear some salient facts without the lawyer BS inherent in our comms.
I love comments like this!! It's no "routine". I can't send an e-mail through ALPA until seated. Period. When I'm seated you'll hear from me.
Originally Posted by
AL E NEWMAN
From the Communications Chairman
Be Politically Active or Be a Political Victim
Captain BrXX MXXXXX AUGUST 2008
"I read an e-mail from our Pilot-to-Pilot Vice Chairman Captain Bob Wallace the other day and he wrote something that crystallizes the basic truth of our American system of government. We can be politically active or we will be political victims."
Last communication update from this empty suit was August, is their any reason why we can not have streaming video, or a "twitter" update in real time as to what is taking place during the interview process, or for that matter a timely summation of the days activities?
It's being looked into. I won't blow smoke up your a$$ that it will happen tomorrow, but a lot of "newly" elected reps are trying to make it happen. You want a brief on that and what happened with today's neg chair interviews, call me. I'll give you my take.
Originally Posted by
AL E NEWMAN
"Tomorrow a Special MEC Meeting will convene to begin the interview process for the open Negotiating Committee Chairman position. The Special MEC Meeting is scheduled to conclude on Thursday, December 4th.
All interviews will be conducted in open session so that interested members in good standing may attend."
This is directed at the FDX ALPA leadership and NC chair candidates--
What a bunch of losers you are, with an issue as important as this that affects the immediate future of relations vis a vis our pilot group and the company, not ONE of the candidates has seen fit to introduce himself nor were they compelled to. Its as if we were chosing an NC chair by shooting at a barrel of fish, blindly. Who are these guys? Buds of some of you, or "good guys" who bought the beer on a layover. Meh! Thursday the process ends, and will we hear about who was "selected" from on high above, or maybe not. Open session, hardly.
Maybe you should read the policy manual. YOU don't get a vote on this. The MEC selects the Neg Chair and it is the MEC who the candidates forward their cover letters and resumes to. As far as open session, a number of non-MEC pilots attended, spoke for candidates, and asked questions of the candidates (which the MEC didn't have to allow). If you're so interested, why weren't you there. I attended and don't have a vote.