First, let me start off by saying that I am by no means a cheerleader for IBT.

Before, when RAH was only CHQ, the pilots tried to get ALPA for union representation. ALPA pretty much told them to go pound sand. That is one reason why many of the senior guys are still carrying a grudge against them. And frankly, after Prater threw the Colgan crew, and regionals as a whole, under the bus during the Congressional hearings I have no desire to send them any part of my paycheck. Unless your Delta, or one of the legacies, ALPA doesn't really seem to give a rodents rectum. Being Midwest I'm sure you're aware of that.

IBT knows lots of their pilots across its certificates are not happy. The RAH/ Midwest/ Frontier/ Lynx integration will make us almost half of the 747's total membership and many folks are talking of dumping the Teamsters. Some serious talk has been started about going independent and the local is worried. And so, lately the 747 has been trying to step up its game. They recently put out this press release that was carried by the AP and a few other news agencies. Eventually, it would up on the RJET stock news feed for Yahoo! and a few other financial websites:
Punitive Attendance Policies at Regional Air Carriers | International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
Apparently, when WH saw it going out to the investors he was PO'd and supposedly that was the reason for denying the now infamous FO pay LOA. While we knew there was no way in Dante's seventh circle that the LOA was going to pass (whole different ugly story) it was still nice to see Heller's cage rattled.

IBT knows lots of their pilots across many certificates are not happy. The RAH/ Midwest/ Frontier/ Lynx integration will make us almost half of the 747's total membership and many folks are not happy with the Teamsters. Some serious talk has been started about going independent and the local is worried.