Originally Posted by
higney85
I don't agree with this statement. Lorenzo was eventually overcome by a force of unity after years of splitting the group to try and concur. Once the entire pilot group came together lorenzo was out and forever banished. His right hand was buddy Casey. Sound familiar?
In case you are curious- the story is in "Flying the Line", I believe V.2. I know at least one of my esteemed colleagues gave both books rave reviews. 1200 9E pilots or 3,000 pinnacle Corp pilots can make things happen- but only if they are working towards a common goal. Some may say it sounds like a bunch of BS, but right now all we do is cancel each other out instead of joining forces. If you dont think it'll work review history. United we will stand and prevail, divided we will all fall. Pick your choice, each one of us has direct responsibility for the outcome.
Nowhere in any of the "actionable items" I proposed (which I later took down due to the categorically defeatist response) implied that they had ANYTHING to do with us getting a contract. I never once said "we should do these things to get a contract." I said "we should do these things to restore faith in the MEC and restore Unity in this pilot group."
For those of you not on the 9E boards, I proposed a simple concept of "getting everyone on the same page" to restore Unity.
Using the same logic of standardization applied to operation of the airplane (something every pilot is receptive to), our union could foster a high level of unity on matters such as hotels, safety, and contract abuses by simply publishing one-page "quick reference" sheets for hotels, safety, the enforceability of sick and fatigue policies, and a "scheduling can and can't do this" sheet with on-call C3 reps similar to duty daddies (I pretty much already do this with my cellphone as a C3 rep).
There is nothing illegal about publishing a "commonly missed maintenance item" sheet reminding pilots that Pinnacle's #1 Guiding Principle is "Safety" and not "Performance." (it is "Safety," or am I wrong?).
There is nothing illegal about publishing a list of problem hotels, and a how-to guide for refusal when a hotel isn't up to your standards, or a simple response to the company's sick policy noting it is illegal to fire a pilot for complying with Federal Statute, and that firing an employee under an attendance policy not uniformly applied to all employee groups is in direct violation of Tennessee labor laws and numerous states in which the pilot might be resident as well...
None of the above has anything to do with a contract--they are merely attempts to get everyone on the same page so no individual can be singled out as a "problem child."