On the conference call yesterday, CM stated that “they” (Local 357) had met with Frontier Management on Monday, October 7, to discuss Frontier “issues” and Frontier’s involvement with Indigo.
CM stated that Frontier Management said they have not been a part of any conversation between FAPAInvest and Indigo and there is no part of that conversation, to the best of their knowledge, that involved CBA related issues.
So, do we really have any role in these discussions until or unless they relate to the CBA or representational issues?
My question is, how many people from the EBoard made this trip? How many people from 357 normally attend the meetings with Frontier Management?
Does the entire EBoard attend? Or is it the EBoard and whoever else wants to go? I “heard” there were eight (8) 357 personnel at the meeting on Monday, is that true?
Wouldn’t one or two EBoard members be able to handle these discussions? Are there ever any Frontier pilots who are members of 357 at these meetings?
Does this all come out of Flight Pay Loss, do our dues pay for hotel rooms, meals and rental cars? Is it really necessary to have seven or eight people attend these meetings?
How long do these meeting normally take? Is it a daylong session a half day, a couple of hours or an hour or less?
What does the EBoard hope to achieve with these meetings and are those objectives being met? Are the costs worth the results?
Have we made any difference to either the Frontier pilot’s lives or to our lives?
What is the exact cost of hauling everyone to DEN, paying for Flight Pay Loss, hotels, meals, cars, etc.? Do all these people jumpseat/non-rev or are we buying tickets as well?
Why are we spending our dues to send seven or eight people to Denver when we have nothing to discuss? Is it solely to prevent a DFR case?
Are there any Frontier specific operational issues discussed and are any operational issues resolved? Are we (357) even aware of what the operational issues at Frontier are?
Or, is the purpose of these meetings primarily to make sure Frontier Management isn’t talking to FAPA or FAPAInvest?
Did our strongly worded letter to Indigo make any difference? Did we even hear back from Indigo?
Sort of sorry to post this here but, I would face retaliation from some pilots and from the Union (fines, expulsion, etc.) if I posted it on our message board.
The EBoard should be held financially responsible and should be able to justify their actions to the membership as they are spending our dues and neglecting our operational issues and CBA negotiations to accomplish what?
Looking forward to some answers, here or on our board, to these many questions.