The company cannot implement AQP without the LOA because they don’t have the sim capability in Denver. The only training allowed outside of Denver is for new hires. The AQP LOA offers significant cost savings to the company: flexibility to lease sims outside of Denver, no hotels during recurrent training, no deadheads, no per diem, no transportation cost. They can hire in-base instructors. Again, no DH pay and no hotel pay, no per diem.

If you’re a commuter it’s not a great deal.

I agree with you that the leverage won’t get us any kind of immediate pay bump, but I do believe that issues like these can speed up our timeline to a new contract. And don’t get me wrong, I want AQP, but I also don’t want to continue giving things away if they can be used for our benefit.

 

MM should have had the leadership ability and the political prowess to wrangle these guys in and control the union. He’s the MEC chair.

 

we have zero leverage when it comes to AQP

 

He tried for two years. Sometimes you can't fix stupid.

 

I wouldn't say zero, but it's not the golden ticket some believe. Anyway, I've gotta study for my jeopardy event...

 

You’re projecting the failure of dissenters Onto mm.

You’re actually behind the curve on this one and flat out wrong.

mm admitted to his mistakes he made in capitulating to this toxic group.


your comments are worthless and sound like a child complaining. Please keep your 1% opinion that no one shares to yourself.


A union is always fighting an uphill battle.

the laws are written to keep status quo and limit the unions ability to force progress.

we need to support our union leadership- the only people promoting our best interests.

your complaints show a lack of understanding and big picture thinking.

MM has been intelligent and communicated effectively all of the times both he made a mistake and why we are in the position we are in.

I will be voting out every single person who caused this.

your complaints about transparency for our own union are hilarious. You don’t want transparency to the pilot group? You want to blame one person for the inability to unit the pilot group? While he has taken steps to promote harmony and show a united front in spite of the his own personal interest in keeping individuals he promoted removing other officials to keep a small group happy. They weren’t and kept running with their own agenda.

your opinion is not appreciated. But sure keep projecting blame on the leadership instead of the dissenters.

 

I don't like commenting on 'serious' stuff here because hell, I'm just here for the memes.

...BUT...

Treating this like it's just some rogue 1% is literally why we're where we are right now.

MM's podcast was the equivalent to the shocked Pikachu meme....which is funny because I'm shocked he didn't see this coming YEARS ago.

 

Is that you Maynard? I thought the only one that sounded like a child was you on the podcast blaming everyone else and asking us to recall some of the LEC members.

 

MM biggest mistakes were acquiescing to the bozos at 165 and 169.

Probably more than 1%, but the same contingent who made those cute lanyards about the concession stand. No plan, just "no".

 

People like this only shows what MM had work with and all the more reason for a recall.