Do your MEC Chairmen fly the line?

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04-12-2011 | 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Av8tion

Comair doesn't have an MEC... just a bunch of guys who waste money and sit around doing nothing...

But at least they change every year or two...

04-12-2011 | 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Boomer

But at least they change every year or two...

it's like a game of musical chairs... every time the music stops you furlough a couple hundred more pilots and start the music again...

04-12-2011 | 06:40 PM

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Since we don't have an MEC Chair at SKW I'll ask if your airlines COO/Prez ever fly's the line? ASA's COO/Prez Brad Holt can fly the line at SkyWest, he's still listed as #13 on our pilot list even though he's been running ASA since mid-07. Is he current? Probably not but it wouldn't surprise me.

04-12-2011 | 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BoilerUP

IMO, every MEC Officer should fly at least one trip per month...

As well as sit reserve one FULL month out of the year.

Especially for those that are senior at their company, upgraded/rose on seniority quickly, and spent little, if any time in the right seat/on reserve.

04-12-2011 | 07:23 PM

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I don't disagree, which is why I think flying at least one trip a month (say a 3 or 4 day) is important.

BUT...I'd submit that pilots who think union officers sit at home everyday with their family don't have the faintest idea about the time commitment such positions require...because if it was really that easy, everybody would want that job.

It's a volunteer position, not a career change. Every person in the union volunteers their time, the top volunteers shouldn't alienate themselves from their peers.

04-12-2011 | 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Atreyu

It's a volunteer position, not a career change. Every person in the union volunteers their time

Semantics, but EVERY pilot on the list that pays dues is in the union.

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the top volunteers shouldn't alienate themselves from their peers.

I see your point, but in reference to an MEC chair, he volunteers to run for the job. He DOESN'T volunteer his time to be MEC chair. He gets paid to do it. And at some places (ahem, XJT), he can get paid VERY lucratively as we've seen of late.

How much an MEC chair, or other MEC official on trip loss gets paid or should get paid is the topic for an entirely different thread.

04-12-2011 | 08:06 PM

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Colgan MEC Chair has always flown the line and stayed current. Current MEC Chair was ex Negotiating Chair and I saw him 3 days ago flying the line like the rest of us.

04-13-2011 | 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Atreyu

It's a volunteer position, not a career change. Every person in the union volunteers their time, the top volunteers shouldn't alienate themselves from their peers.

Again, I don't disagree...I thought that would be crystal-clear from my posts?