I had more questions than answers folioing the video:
Quote:
"We need to challenge the status quo of our current relationship with management and make a healthy relationship where we are not subservient to corporate interests"
What does that sound bite mean? How would she accomplish this as ALPA president? How would this be played out at the airline level where negotiating committees are the ones who interface with management? What management is she talking about?
Sorry, the entire video creates more questions than answers and does nothing to detail what specific actions she would take to effect change. I understand that vague populist agendas are the stuff campaigns are made of but the whole presentation seems one dimensional. We've heard variations of "to a hammer everything is a nail" and that's what I felt from this video. First Officer Oberndorf's background is Legislative Affairs and it's clear that's how she see's the world.
Not to say that's a bad thing, but legislative affairs aren't the end all be all to all of ALPA's woes. After watching the video, I didn't feel that I had any better idea of who she was, or more importantly, specifics of what she would do to change the labor relations landscape at ALPA airlines.
I do applaud her for creating a video to answer questions, I wish more candidates would do that.
10-28-2022
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