Originally Posted by
Short Bus Drive
I was there. WE, the rank and file, voted. And the MAJORITY voted FOR it. But it's funny to hear how many people voted "against" it. (So how did it pass?) A lot of people there don't want to admit to voting for it.
Who gave you the "trust us" response? The only person I know that I can see saying that is flying somewhere else (for now- I've heard).
Thanks Short Bus. Yes, 70% voted for it, including ME. Other than being fooled by the roadshows into believing that it didn't include trip averaging, I still think that it was not that bad a contract. ALPA's experts didn't find it poor (at the time) . In reality, it was good as long as we belonged to Scotty and Jacob. In the hands of Indigo, our contract was found to be like swiss cheese.
But that was 2003. These guys are talking about 2007. NOBODY said trust us. The elected Reps stated publicly that the TA package would go to the membership. It was never written into the policy manual because the negotiators always need the ability to imply that they could get MEC ratification in case of a really great deal.
If you saved the AMES messages, I believe you will find assurances that the membership would get to vote on the contract.
How's the rails? in the end, you may end up better than all of us. if so, good on you.