Hey Trix, you're the only person I know outside of management that has been directly responded to on our hotline.

Here is the MEC's response to your malicious attack on our pilot group:

"From the MEC:
A message to the other pilots in the industry; ASTAR management recently contacted the MEC about negotiating concessionary rates for potential 767-300ER flying for DHL. This contact occurred literally weeks after the signing of our latest collective bargaining agreement -- an agreement that makes ASTAR pilots among the highest paid in the industry and that took four years of often arduous negotiations to complete. Despite the attractiveness of new international flying, the ASTAR pilots, have responded overwhelmingly to reject ANY concessionary pay rates to compete for more flying. ALPA ASTAR pilots are strong union members, and through that strength have consistently rejected concessionary bargaining as bad for our profession. Consistent with the core values of a strong union, we encourage every pilot in this industry to support the universal benefits of fair wages and work rules by rejecting attempts by management to engage in a race to the bottom."



Trix, the industry thinks very little of you and thanks you to keep your character assassinations to yourself next time.

FAJ