This is my concern as well. Why are we rocking the boat right before our contract expires. The company is making money and I want to collect. How many years will it take to have a strong, independent union? I don't think we have enough time to prepare for contract negotiations, build our bank account, prepare for a potential strike, ect... I'm not against an independent union but I don't want a new, weak union representing me two years from now.


I worked for a non-union regional through 3 union drives. We lost the first Alpa drive by 8 votes. The next drive was for an independent union. The drive was going well until some moron decided to have his wife write some BS sob story about how a union would protect her family. I was a strong supporter of the drive but was disgusted when this came out. The drive fell apart after that. The organizers of this drive will have to come on here and help regulate the average line guy from pi$$ing off potential yes voters. Hey organizers....use PM's to politely keep guys in check and save a public post for a bigger spanking. I'm serious, one stupid post from a supportive line guy could trash a clean drive.

Someone asked about who would represent us if the drive succeeded. The drive organizers are not automatically our representatives. Pilots will have to run for office. Our current reps could run and some should run. There will definitely be a grab for power. I don't believe you can have elections take place until after Alpa is out and the DPA is in. There would be a time when no one is in charge of our house. The company cannot change anything to our contract. We will still have one. We just won't have anyone to grieve too. It would be great if DPA sets up some kind of transition committee to explore how we would and could be represented during that time. I don't know what the laws state so what I said earlier in this paragraph is just what happened while I was at my previous employer.

 

$485,336.00

Anybody have a guess?

 

Mr. Terry Erskine

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Terry Erskine is an independent consultant in the airline industry. Most recently he was the Vice President of Labor Relations at Delta Airlines. He has more than 30 years of experience in airline industry including senior corporate officer at Delta and Northwest Airlines. Mr. Erskine has managed legal, labor relations, and human resource functions as the Vice President of Law, Labor Relations and Benefits. He has extensive experience in negotiating labor contracts with major airline unions, designing of pension, healthcare, and other benefit plans, supervising employment litigation, grievance and arbitration processes, and being the primary interface with government regulatory agencies on labor matters. He holds a JD from University of Minnesota Law School. (This is me - Update Profile)


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2004 - UnspecifiedIndependent Consultant, Terry M. Erskine1994 - 2004Vice President of Labor Relations, DELTA AIR LINES, INC.1971 - 1994Vice President of Labor Relations, NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC



He is tanned and rested...... and he knows our contracts inside and out.

 

Ari Emanuel Is Hollywood’s New Big Man on Campus, But What Is He After?

By MICHAEL CIEPLY AND BROOKS BARNESJ. Emilio Flores/The New York Times Ariel Z. Emanuel, Hollywood’s new big man on campus.
Ari Emanuel, who was the chief engineer behind the April merger of two of Hollywood’s top talent agencies into the mega-agency William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, has emerged as Hollywood’s top power-broker — a position that has been open for many years, probably since the days that colorful moguls like Michael Ovitz and David Geffen towered over the town. It doesn’t hurt, of course, that his brother happens to be Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s chief of staff. But this has left everyone else in Hollywood wondering just what Mr. Emanuel wants and how he will use his power to shape the entertainment industry of the 21st century.
Here is a report from Monday’s front page of The New York Times.

This pilot group would become their bigge$t client if they handled the "at the table" negotiations.

Remember: Negotiating is ALL about managing emotions. Those that can manipulate them the best win.

Remember: When the BK lounge shows were going on and the ? of "what happens if we don't vote for this and send it back like Hawaiian just did, then what" came up.

A case of beer to the first person who can provide the quote that came out of the office type that was attending.

 

2 biographies posted... wanna enlighten us as to why we care who these guys are?

I know who Erskine is BTW.... but.. please.. go on...

 

The second guy is Ari Gold..........don't you watch "Entourage"? Smok'en hot wife, great cars. I'm sure we could afford him

 

Terry was the one on the other side of the table for along time. He was managements professional.

Ari. He and his firm are considered some of the top negotiators in the industry. He is also pretty well connected in DC

 

With over 7500 reveiws in 24 hours this topic has the interest of a lot of Pilots.

IMO, It does not hurt to get your DPA Authoriation Card Sent In ready to go

If ALPA is still in place for our 2012 contract it my add to the heat on them to produce a decent contract or face being voted off......

 

Never heard of him. And no I don't watch Entourage.

Is the DPA hiring these guys or something?

 

And.......?