Given what was leaked about it... up to a 15% reduction in pacific block hours allowed from current level...that's a good thing it got shot down. alfa harps on block hours as being pilot jobs. That's a 15% reduction in the most senior jobs in the company just being allowed at the drop of a hat..

Essential,

Is that on a good day, or bad day? How is the HMU rigged? Beed values open, or closed.

I figure EPR was put on JT8D's because there's no reliable correlation between anything and anything on an MD88. They must have finally given up and measured Blow as a ratio to Suck.

Nice hat....:D

I don't believe the idle thing either, maybe more than a 73N.

Is it true that it got shot down?

Dunno. Check is pretty connected. I'll run some stuff up the flagpole and see what comes back. I think the big mess with the leak on the ALPA forums was due to the fact that negotiations are still ongoing.

It didn't get shot down. It's being briefed today. Voting hasn't occurred yet.

Not yet.

I'm told there are reps in opposition, but the final vote isn't until tomorrow.

I'll only believe it when I see it, but I think the entire pilot group would stand in unison and render a crisp salute to our MEC members if they do muster the courage to finally say no to one of management's wishes after all these years of being so "constructive".

Even those among us who have supported the course our union has taken since the troubles began way back with Letter 46 would breathe a sigh of relief to see that we haven't been totally neutered.

This dog of an LOA seems like it might be a good place for the MEC to demonstrate exactly that.

If it doesn't get shot down, even I'll renew my card. The negotiating committee should be canned too .

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From what I'm hearing, you'd better get that card ready.