Originally Posted by
Swedish Blender
The problem is very few people actually vote. I dealt with the current leadership and saw first hand some of what goes on (if it's still HM, DR). I've seen some people get a committee position and think they run more than they do. One went on to be a LEC chair.
I don't think the AEPA leadership is the answer either. The current leaders want to keep their position and the old ones want it back. The best answer would be to find someone new in the pilot group that wants to do it, would be good at it, and elect him/her.
I agree.
NEITHER group will lead our pilots into the future. It will take a completely new team. Unfortunately, most likely it will be the current featherbeders who will smoke a deal with management and once again make a sacrifice look like a victory.
This pilot group will be squarely in the middle of the pack regional compensation-wise in the future.......of course, that will be one reason it survives. It already has the network and infrastructure and once it can fly a reasonably profitable aircraft, it's labor costs are all that's then necessary to insure prosperity for management.....that and a pistol to the head in the form of another carrier flying just enough to insure whipsaw capabilities.