My Negotiating Committee Speaks For Me.

 

What do they say about flying DPs?

 

Nope, more like this.

pledge pin - YouTube

 

So what's your plan on this one? What are you doing to make it happen?

I'm asking seriously because you can't be bothered to wear a lanyard yet obviously think there is a substantive way to unify the crew force.

I think for a first step let's just start with the lanyard.

 

Something as easy as wearing a lanyard and pin that is provided to you at no extra cost to you, that you are only asked to wear at work and you just can't do it. I just don't get it.

 

So, let me see if I've got this straight. We have some "individuals" that won't follow our union leadership's simple request to wear ALPA lanyards and the new pin during our negotiations...But, these same noncomformists think that the company is going to believe that they will follow our leadership's orders if/when we get to self-help?


I'd prefer to show unity, in any way possible, to demonstrate to the company that they really don't want to enter self-help.

 

Amen Brother

 

I think rats point is the first step ought to be not flying DPs. If we were sufficiently united to not do the things that hurt the crewforce then lanyards and pins would be superfluous.

 

I agree. I just want to know how anyone thinks that's going to happen. He's talking about a grandiose paradigm shift. One that could only be accomplished either through years of cultural change amongst the pilots or...... New rules, aka a new contract.

I prefer to keep it simple and wear the lanyard and pin.

But if he has a plan for building unity, outside of our currently publicized Unity initiative, then I'd like to hear it. Too many criticisms on this board, never any solutions.

 

Precisely. Few more suggestions: a massive email barrage from all hands for those who do fly DP's? And how about making life tough on the road for those who fly DP's..."Get your own &^%$ coffee!"

How about a leadership that won't shove another FDA down our throat because it's the "Best we can get," (of course here we are years later using negotiating capital to reform the POS's, just like the 32% said we'd have to...it went senior my #@$).

Unity is action on the line. DP's effect many pilots here. The FDA issues have already gotten four pilots fired. Flying DP's is a slap in the face to fellow members, and the PSIT members who work hard to ID these trips. Yet, every bid period they are flown by lanyard wearing, pledge pin adorning members without repercussion.

Real leadership deals with real problems. lanyards are a fantasy, feel good move that pretends we have unity, while the real issues continue unabated.

Ok, so what, I'm wearing my lanyard...now what?