Originally Posted by
SharkyBN584
Listen kids...I don't think anyone is going to get excited about this whole SLI process. Us RAH folks think it's gone on long enough, FAPA obviously sees something they don't like, and management is probably laughing all the way to the bank. The simple fact of the matter is you don't invade Russia in the winter and you don't fight a war on 2 fronts. Valuable resources are being used aruging amongst ourselves when RAH should be using them on a new contract. A contract that we should be getting the assistance from our more experienced FAPA coworkers but aren't...cuz they don't want anything to do with us.
The simple fact of the matter is that 2 lists working under 2 contracts is only good for the company...not any of the pilot groups. I'm not advocating some hastily thrown-together decision that does not recognize the role F9 pilots have played in keeping their company afloat...but I also think that they are not really recognizing just how untenable their position was before RAH came along.
All of the blame can be laid at the IBT's feet. This whole process has been screwed up from the get go because of the IBT's fear of losing representation of the future carrier. If they would have followed the correct process all pilots would have been better off except maybe the YX and Lynx pilots because it would have taken longer. What they should have done is when the Midwest merger was announced is immediately amalgamate the YX and CHQ contracts and then the resulting contract with the F9 contract. This would have given them two legal chances to improve the contract prior to resuming section 6. What the IBT did was try to change the process to give them a better chance of representing republic in the end. Now the rah pilots are getting bent because someone brings into question why the process is being done axe backwords?