Originally Posted by
Splash
Not trying to call you out on this, but I read it a lot, and it doesn't make sense. What input do you need to give to your reps? That you think Scope is important? Do you trust your reps? I trust mine, and have been assured by them with every contact that they hold Scope above all else. They remind me that Scope givebacks were done under duress. I expect my reps to attend meetings, ask questions, listen to the other reps, and make good decisions. I expect the chairman to get my reps the information, keep them focused on the issue, and then do what they tell him to do. My reps are all out flying the line today, but they seem to have a good understanding of the gravity of this situation. If you want to make all the decisions, run for office. I'm sorry for the bluntness; I'm a little fried from a long crossing.
Splash,
As you may recall, on the South side we have a history of our MEC Chair filing a grievance and resolving it without a whole lot (AKA any) input. In retrospect his position was reasonable, but he acted as the Lone Ranger and with something like this, I expect he would do the same.
Again, there is no way this deal went down without ALPA's knowledge. This knowledge might not have gotten distributed very far, but we have a Pilot Director's who had a fiduciary duty to know if divisions of the Company were being sold and a long history of a "partnership with management" which has been mutually beneficial. ... they knew.
Now they hope it will all blow over. No one likes the flow. No one wants to cost the Company a bunch of money.