Originally Posted by
Splash
Are you sure?
Any resolution can be replaced or reinstated in the main session by a simple majority vote of the reps. The subcommittees can change them all they want, but the full MEC has the final say. Even resolutions that are opposed by every rep in the subcommittees still come to the floor before the main body.
The MEC Chairman has no vote, unless there's a tie.
As I said in an earlier post, I am NOT familiar with DAL MEC Policy. I am familiar with fNW MEC Policy, but that no longer applies.
Having said that, the DAL Policy sounds very similar to fNW Policy on everything coming back out of subcommittee. That was not true at all MECs.in the past.
Another thing that happens is only the subcommittee gets to listen to committee/guest/attorney viewpoints on their assigned Agenda items. They usually come out with a recommendation/amendment. Very rarely will the full MEC hear everything that was said about an item in subcommittee, its usually a summary given by the sub chair. In my past experience those viewpoints make a huge difference in the perception of an agenda item and the way I would subsequently vote. It's one of the things I hated about ALPA BOD meetings and not being placed on the subcommittee that had the agenda items I was interested in debating.
There is also the time factor. People start getting tired towards the end of a meeting and give the recommendation of the committee more weight. Lots of things start influencing the attention to detail exercised on agenda items and their exact language(if any). Its always a dynamic, especially in times of above average activity like Section 6, merger, strike prep etc.