Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
I would just advise one caution. The last great hope for council 44 was a senior 767-400 captain that preached fire and brimstone and won the votes of many a junior pilot (or at least they said so). It turns out that he was in office for about 1.2 seconds before he proclaimed that the junior pilots had things too good and the senior pilots needed to get lots more consideration.
Making empty promises is about the easiest thing in the world to do. I promise to fix scope, I promise to give you a big pay raise, I promise to restore our pension. Wow, that was easy. Saying and doing or two different things.
I would look to see who has the experience and a plan to accomplish their goals. Saying "no" is not a strategy, words are great but accomplishments mean everything.
I didn't read anyone promising anything. And I agree no one gets anything done by themselves. The only "plan" that works is being able to build consensus. I would also caution against too much ALPA experience - we have all seen long time ALPA volunteers who will not step out a limb with a position they feel strongly about because they do not want to jeopardize their good deal or a future ALPA position.