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08-31-2014 | 09:40 AM
#7771
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We have that here, too - for regular elections. This however is special election to replace a rep. who is resigning in the middle of term.
08-31-2014 | 09:44 AM
#7772
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How much would it take to let all members vote on every occasion, even join LEC meetings remotely, either on the phone or online? Let's face it, a pilot not living in base is very unlikely to make a separate commute into that base to attend a meeting.
08-31-2014 | 12:14 PM
#7773
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Emails, websites and a .pdf of the ALPA newsletter (I dont receive a paper copy anymore for some reason), ALPA can use technology when it's beneficial, so why the insistence on an "in person" vote?
Sounds to me like those who are putting on the vote are not using all means available and are hiding behind "the printed word".
It's as ludicrous as a requirement to vote on the President of the US, you have to be present in Washington DC.
Sounds to me like those who are putting on the vote are not using all means available and are hiding behind "the printed word".
It's as ludicrous as a requirement to vote on the President of the US, you have to be present in Washington DC.
08-31-2014 | 12:46 PM
#7774
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Is it possible that they simply don't want the DFW pilots to influence the vote. No, that can't be. Could it?
08-31-2014 | 03:45 PM
#7775
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In other news, crewpay seems to be up and running on the RA site. Pretty sweet, I like it!
08-31-2014 | 05:28 PM
#7778
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From: Airbus Left
Maybe you can substantiate why they would do that. Dropping speculative hints like that (at least for the 2nd time on this thread), trying to make it an accepted fact, reduces your credibility much more than it reduces the credibility of the MEC.
Maybe LAS based pilots would feel disenfranchised if the meeting was held in DFW. I sure feel disenfranchised being a commuter, not being able to attend and vote in these kind of meetings. But this is no conspiracy, it is simply the way the organization is set up. This is nothing new, as far as I can tell.
08-31-2014 | 05:49 PM
#7779
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I see no good reason why.
Maybe you can substantiate why they would do that. Dropping speculative hints like that (at least for the 2nd time on this thread), trying to make it an accepted fact, reduces your credibility much more than it reduces the credibility of the MEC.
Maybe LAS based pilots would feel disenfranchised if the meeting was held in DFW. I sure feel disenfranchised being a commuter, not being able to attend and vote in these kind of meetings. But this is no conspiracy, it is simply the way the organization is set up. This is nothing new, as far as I can tell.
Maybe you can substantiate why they would do that. Dropping speculative hints like that (at least for the 2nd time on this thread), trying to make it an accepted fact, reduces your credibility much more than it reduces the credibility of the MEC.
Maybe LAS based pilots would feel disenfranchised if the meeting was held in DFW. I sure feel disenfranchised being a commuter, not being able to attend and vote in these kind of meetings. But this is no conspiracy, it is simply the way the organization is set up. This is nothing new, as far as I can tell.
Just run two meetings simultaneously or let people vote by proxy, electronically or schedule a meeting before the bid is over. You know this was engineered.
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08-31-2014 | 06:27 PM
#7780
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Don't play dumb Balder. It is clear to all what is happening here. No pilot should be locked out of such a vote based on a rule that never anticipated that the majority of pilots would live in another base.
Just run two meetings simultaneously or let people vote by proxy, electronically or schedule a meeting before the bid is over. You know this was engineered.
Just run two meetings simultaneously or let people vote by proxy, electronically or schedule a meeting before the bid is over. You know this was engineered.
You see, to me, your claims seems to be made up slander, which in my opinion hurts us as a pilot group.
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