Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
I'm also not for universal health care and socialism. How is it fair representation when our pilot group pays 60% of the dues but only gets 20% representation? Basically what we're saying is that if I'm paying for someone elses lawyer. That's like the gov't taking SS from my check when I'll never get to see it. To me it's not fair by any means for those of us that are footing the bill.
I understand what you are saying, perhaps I didn't word it well. When a group elects to join a union, the union (in this case 747) has a fiduciary responsibility to provide the new group the same level of representation as everyone else...and that should be 100%, all the time.
At the end of the day, you have hit on the basic problem, in my opinion, with how 747 was run. Instead of ensuring complete services and representation for all and lifting the newer and smaller carriers up, some got a higher level of service than others, or no service at all. And regardless of where that group fell in the range, none were served as well as they should have.
Everyone should pay their own way. But it's tough to get to that point when you can't get someone to help get there at the bargaining table to help you negotiate and they are pocketing a lot of money (somebody's) on the side.
Hope that helps.