Originally Posted by
sailingfun
You must have received a different letter from the Chairman then the one I got via email. In the letter I received he did not have any list of priorities. He only stated one thing and that was that in the lec meetings and lounge visits he heard loud and clear from the pilots that compensation was the primary issue. Having been at one of the lounge visits I can tell you that that is exactly what the pilots stated over and over again. In fact I sadly I did not hear scope mentioned.
Here are his comments.
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Our sacrifices in bankruptcy were instrumental in allowing both pre‐merger companies to survive and, despite incremental improvements, you continue to feel the burden of those sacrifices every month.
The union and the pilots banded together to facilitate a historic merger, whose success may never be duplicated, yet our bankruptcy sacrifices have, for the most part, gone unrewarded.
Our sacrifices and efforts have contributed to an industry powerhouse that is now thriving, which was a primary intent of the significant investment in our company. Yet, our compensation has not dramatically improved.
You expect to prosper as our company prospers.
You expect this prosperity to come sooner rather than later in the way of significant contractual gains.
While several sections of our contract need improvement, direct compensation is by far the primary issue.//////
Show me his list of priorities in the letter and where scope was omitted from that list.
Here is another portion of the letter.
////We have a lot of work to do, and I ask that you do your part. Read the material provided and then talk to your elected LEC reps or find a P2P volunteer to provide your feedback about what you like and dont like about these communications, about the issues or about the direction of your union.
In short, we want your input and we are listening./////
As it should be his list of priorities for the contract is not even formed yet. He is asking for your input to form that list. There will be numerous chances for you to do so with the biggest being the contract survey. He should not have a list or priorities at this point. He is doing exactly what should be done. Gather input from the pilots to form a basis for a contract opener that reflects the wishes and desires of the pilot group.
I don't get it. According to some of the "vocal opposition" L. Moak had too strong a hand and was "steering the MEC to further his own agenda".
The new MEC Chairman states clearly that we are way short of what we should be getting, is setting up ways to communicate better and gather from the membership as much info as possible so that a clear set of
member driven goals can be set.
This same "vocal opposition" then complains that the new MEC Chairman isn't setting the priorities. WE were supposed to give our LEC and MEC our input and the LEC's and MEC get together and decide the priorities, then tell the MEC Chairman to execute those priorities.
T.O. is collecting information in order to allow the will of the pilots/LEC's be his guide.
Are we truly going to continue to b!tch and complain no matter what is done?
The first letter was a huge helping of: "I'm hearing you, I want to hear more from you, I'm ****ed that we're underpaid too! I'll use all the tools that I can to go get what the pilots want (and more), so I'm going to give you avenues to let us know exactly what you want!"
I guess some people just aren't happy until they aren't happy.
