Directly from the ALPA Admin Manual.

3.​The MEC Secretary/Treasurer shall report at least quarterly to the members of the airline as to the status of the MEC Account including SMRA.

It's been six years since I studied the C&BL's, and the above reference could be wrong, but I don't think so.

Also, I believe that Federal Law requires that unions always have open financials to their membership. I'll cut the SPA MEC some slack on this as it is actually difficult to accomplish, as most financials are in the form of "accountant speak", and it takes an accountant to decipher them. FPL reports are easier and in my experience we have had fairly normal FPL expenditures. As for me, I'd like to see more FPL go toward giving committee vols time to do their jobs and less go toward the ever increasing arbitration process. But that's just my overall philosophy of doing the members business. When the company realizes that our only way of fighting them is in court, they force everything to court.

BTW, I agree on having volunteers on full time FPL. We are certainly big enough to have at least the MEC Chair on full time FPL.

 

Glad we can agree on that.

 

Much less likely if the information is available rather than if not. Right? This is basic accountability, ethics and governance at ANY organization.

 

We probably agree on many things, but politics and the acquisition/retention of power get in the way.

It's actually disappointing to me that pilots in the bottom half of the sen list have jumped into these old political battles. I used to tell new guys that we would only get past the past when enough new blood came in and moved us ahead. It appears from reading here that most of the new blood came in and joined the old team vs making their own.

That's why I'm proud of the DFW guys running for SPA 77 rep positions. They've not joined any team but their own.

 

Nobody is asking for a 100 page GAAP-compliant independently-audited report. Simple financial reports with limited line items are not that difficult to create. A Secretary-Treasurer should know how to do this with basic QuickBooks software. Heck, its part of the job description. What is unacceptable, and contrary to the Bylaws, is to not publish anything at all. I'm sure there are enough MBA-educated pilots here that could help. I know ALPAshutusdown is one of them, right bud?

 

Agreed, +1

 

Yep, sure is.

 

So what is your point. Of course someone has to validate your credentials. I would rather have one person know who will protect it rather than fricken everyone right from the get-go. Geeez

 

There's more to it than that.

Because you have to use your company e-mail to start the process, AND you have to supply your username, the company has the right to read ALL traffic within your company e-mail account. So, the company has the right to see you've registered, and knows your username.

Anyone who signs up for that forum is anonymous to their fellow users, but not to the moderator(s) ... AND Spirit Airlines.

 

Ok so then just ask the mod to change your user name and email once you are validated. Simple.

With the other board the company can always see what you are posting, all the time. Everyone knows that snitches show posts to management. Come on man. It's a no brainer.