Originally Posted by
bored
So... basically you're telling me I need to blindly trust people that have never proven anything to me in the past? It doesn't work that way.....For me to say I need proof that MS and SE have my best interests in mind as well, is not being disrespectful. It's being smart.
Bored...I would hope that the 10+ years that you have known me would count for something.
I'm not sure what you are looking for as further proof that the joint MECs intentions are pure. Don't undervalue the importance and difficulty of whats already been accomplished. Only through close coordinated action have the three MECs been able to get us in a position where we are even able to talk about a joint contract and singular representation that will rid us of the age old PCL/MSA whipsaw. Don't forget that management wanted nothing to do with this originally.
The joint contract poses some unique challenges. The current status PCL TA and MSA contract are fairly dissimilar in their makeup. The weak areas of the MSA book are generally the strong areas of PCL and vise versa. Neither of the agreements on their own would have ratified both the PCL or MSA MECs. So far, negotiations are proceeding well with the best practices of both agreements being utilized for the combined agreement.
Originally Posted by
djrogs03
How can you say that when almost half of the pilots at 9E voted TA1 in, when it was 12.5% below what XJ's current contract is?
The XJ contract was not 12.5% higher than PCL TA1. Whoever told you that had their head way up their a$$. At the time, XJ captains were probably about a wash with PCL CAs but XJ FOs were way behind PCL FOs in terms of income.