Or the MEC's that lose an election and spend their lame duck session burning ALPA dollars and setting negotiations back by recalling the negotiating cmmte.

This is all happening at my carrier. The current MEC Chairman is recalling the negotiating team he had been using for the past two years, just before his term ends in January. The reason he cites is a failed TA the neg. cmmte. gave us during his tenure. Of course he does not mention that he ENDORSED the same TA that failed and that he is using to oust the cmmte. Of course this is all taking place during Section 6.

The outgoing chairman is a chump and has shown again and again he does not care about the pilot group. It is all about his own power and control and now that he was ousted he is throwing a tantrum. If he had an ounce of common sense he would not have been voted out but he had the uncanny ability to make every step a misstep.

Look at the unions and you can see as much greed and lack of reality as the managements they bash. USAPA was founded on greed and ALPA has written the book on trip drops over holidays and weekends. The problem I often see is the Union guys often see themselves as a type of management and it doesn't take long for them to let it go to their head.

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