Originally Posted by JamesBond (Post 3055117)

What does he 'need' to be doing right now?

Originally Posted by Yoohoo1 (Post 3055127)

Nothing. Beyond right now - a new PWA sone day.

Originally Posted by Banzai (Post 3054371)

Seems to me the best thing we could do for the company is to help the other groups unionize ASAP. Management decision making seems to be primarily driven by the desire to demonstrate to other work groups why having a union isn't advantageous...or could even be disadvantageous. Because of that, much like they have with many other things, they've decided to take the road of zero communication and imposing edicts, rather than treat us like the bargaining agent we are.

They were so scared of flight attendants that they didn't offer SILs. And, let's be honest, who's going to take a SIL now? I would have then, but I'm rather enjoying Reserve Guarantee, thank you very much. But they managed to quiet the FAs, didn't they? Worth every penny, I guess.

Let's just get the other workgroups unionized so that management can start thinking clearly. That might get us some more clear eyed solutions going forward.

Originally Posted by JamesBond (Post 3055162)

I've got 5 years left. I'll bet only 2 are under a new contract.

Originally Posted by JamesBond (Post 3055162)

I've got 5 years left. I'll bet only 2 are under a new contract.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 3055270)

You are a optimist!

Originally Posted by beernutt (Post 3055041)

Ok, which part of what I said is mostly or entirely wrong?

Did the SILs get dropped to 40 hours?
Did Bartels act on this?
Did he fire the scheduling committee chairman?
Did 12 or so SMEs quit shortly thereafter?
Did DALPA pull down the VBs?
Did the company withdraw from the modified SIL agreement?

What I stated are facts. The parts where I used conjecture I was clear about saying it was my opinion.
You have to do better than saying ‘you are wrong’.

Again, I regret taking any part in this, because none of us know exactly how all this went down unless we were in the room when it happened, so with a lack of information people, me included, resort to opinions. You have yours, I have mine, based on the few facts we know and our perceptions. I won’t debate opinions.

I really hope the company and DALPA sit down and achieve mutually beneficial gains. It would restore some of my faith in this MEC.

To repeat, I won’t debate opinions. I’m finished with this discussion.

Originally Posted by Yoohoo1 (Post 3055042)

No doubt there is blame on the Company side (example -most recent SIL debacle). However, the tone of the past few Chairman’s letters continues to be petty and unhelpful to getting anything done.

Originally Posted by Yoohoo1 (Post 3055042)

No doubt there is blame on the Company side (example -most recent SIL debacle). However, the tone of the past few Chairman’s letters continues to be petty and unhelpful to getting anything done.