Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
My beef with Lee is as follows:
1. He was quoted in numerous publications that he would not run for an additional term as MEC chair after the merger's DCC. He said if he were drafted, he would refuse to serve.
Show me those quotes. Even if true, so what? If the MEC wanted to get another Chairman they could have voted for someone else.
Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
2. All the early indications are that his personal view of RJ's being good for Delta Airlines are what won the day. Even though the Chairman has no vote, his cult of personality won the day. THAT is a subversion of the democratic process created by ALPA.
Show me those quotes. I hear a lot of second hand stuff about a guy who told a guy but nothing that ever has been written down. What you call a cult of personality, I call an election. It seems that people that lose an election always find a way to diminish the outcome by attacking those who voted differently than them. Do you really think all the MEC members are so brainwashed that they couldn't find someone else? Again, why didn't you run?
Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Even if I agreed with Lee's position (which I do not), you can't have a one man show. It is too risky.
There is not a one man show. In fact, Lee is famous for finding people that disagree with him and bringing them into the MEC administration. Do you have any first hand experience with his work as MEC Chairman to back up your accusations or are you just shooting from the hip? It easy to make a public smear, it is more difficult to back it up with facts.