Some people just aren't satisfied unless they aren't satisfied.

Wow. First, they issue a phone poll to get pilot input. Then, they offer an online poll with more opportunity for pilot input. Do you need the MEC officers to come to your house personally and ask you what you want? Will that be enough to make you happy? Have you offered suggestions to the LEC/MEC/P2P/Communications Committee to come up with better ways to accurately gauge pilot sentiment?

I know this might come as a shock, but you can send your LEC reps email at any time and give input on anything you want? AND there is no limit on the number of words! (Do you also understand that if you write too much in a single webform, it reduces the efficacy your message?)

It is pretty clear that the MEC has directed the appropriate committees to start collecting more information about our wants/needs for the upcoming negotiations.

If a large majority of pilots complete the survey, they can get a valid results from the large sample size and we will see more activity of this nature. Very likely it will be much more targeted to specific subject matters, allowing better input from the pilots and better information to be gathered for use in negotiations. Free-text doesn't allow for nearly as accurate polling results, but knowing the areas that are important will enable specific polling in the "areas of emphasis" which can be then be tailored much better to reflect the things we think are important.

You want the MEC to listen to us; make sure 12000 pilots complete that survey.