Originally Posted by
JungleBus
No. Allows LM & Co the ability to wash their hands and look the other way when we get raped. "Not our problem, what happens at the regional level doesn't affect us!" Same song, different verse.
I'm curious about your take on a potential scenario where the flow up is terminated but the flow-down remains in effect, and the current CPS pilots who've been living under the threat of a flowdown/furlough scenario for the last two years have the agreement terminated when on the verge of flowing up. Do you see the DAL MEC expending any effort whatsoever to prevent such a scenario from happening? I would hope so but as someone else posted, rather doubt they'll spent the postage to send us a condolence letter.
No, it allows the Compass pilots to represent their own best interests without any other outside parties interfering. Can you imagine the representational problems that would occur with Compass being represented by pilots of another company with no affiliation with Compass other than a flow through and a marketing agreement? If you can't understand how screwed up that would be then you just aren't thinking about it.
What if Compass is merged with Trans States. Your merger committee would be Delta pilots and your expenses would have to be paid by an assessment by Delta pilots. What if that assessment fails? Who is going to pay your lawyers? What if Delta wants to add 90 seat jets at Trans States/Compass? How should the Delta MEC vote on that issue?
I am sorry, but the representational structure that the NWA MEC set up was the most idiotic arrangement you could ever imagine, and it took some outside viewpoint to realize that and do the right thing. I imagine that every one of the fNWA reps that voted to keep the old structure are breathing a sigh of relief now that they realize how stupid the old representational structure was. This is the perfect example.
Nobody "cut you loose", you are given the same representational structure as any other carrier in ALPA. Time to put the big boy pants on and represent yourselves.