The old MEC Forum was closed because the UAL MEC could not control the message and a few "home truths" were being aired as the factions became ever more split. This was the same group that recently all signed a "Unity Letter!"

The pilots at UAL, and especially those on the Forum, don't want anything other than what everyone wants: an industry leading contract.

Unfortunately, some of the current MEC members believe that is only possible if they gag their own dues paying members from ANY dissent. It is horse hockey, and is a distraction from both WHO (the JNC and MCs) are going to get than contract and WHAT (political infighting and maneuvering for control of the current UAL MEC and future Joint MEC and Joint MEC Officer positions) is going on within the MEC itself.

It is easy for EVERYONE to sing the praises of UNITY from the highest soapbox they can find, but it is much harder to swallow your pride and do what is going to be best for your entire pilot group when you spend all your time on intramural fighting within your own MEC. THAT is the reality of what is going on at BOTH MECs!!! Yet BOTH are calling for unity from their rank and file!?!

I laud the intent of the OP, which I believe everyone shares. However, it is clear that there is great unease and some outright despair at the level of service and general activities of our respective MECs. It appears that BOTH groups play fast and loose with the truth, with how they conduct their business (including schedules) and how each intends to proceed through these career defining negotiations.

The UAL MEC chose to silence any dissent so they could "clean up" (MEC member quote) their pilot groups discussions. THAT did not STOP the dissent, it merely moved it to somewhere else, where they have no control over it.....and the issues remain unresolved and the MEC moves along relatively unfettered. Some people believe that is still an issue. Others believe that it is all part and parcel of one factions design to create a win-win forthemselces, regardless of the outcome.

In the meantime, we simply have to wait to see what unfolds, and hope against hope they really are ALL working in our best interests.....because based on results from these people, hope is ALL WE HAVE in tue absence of a voice or any input.