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Originally Posted by Red Swingline
(Post 3467745)
And there it is - meeting September 30th. They’re running out the clock, further displaying that this is all about one thing - getting Insler elected ALPA president at the BOD in October. Even if they get recalled at that meeting, it still has to go to a council-wide vote which won’t be completed until after the BOD, thus preserving their ability to lobby and vote for Todd.
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Originally Posted by 01110011
(Post 3467770)
Don’t get me wrong, I am very dissatisfied with current leadership, but what motivation do the reps have to do that? Do you think Todd is skipping them envelopes of cash or something? I just don’t really buy it. I think they just like their jobs and have gotten too close to the TA.
Be extremely wary of who you select to be your next LEC reps. If they were people calling for ouster, it means they were using this TA failure as an opportunity to take power. They are the ones we need to be worried about. I won’t vote for anyone that was beating the drums of recall. |
Originally Posted by 01110011
(Post 3467770)
Don’t get me wrong, I am very dissatisfied with current leadership, but what motivation do the reps have to do that? Do you think Todd is skipping them envelopes of cash or something? I just don’t really buy it. I think they just like their jobs and have gotten too close to the TA.
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Who's running this effort and why are they concurrently soliciting a recall effort for Council 34. All the content written by "Admin" behind a private domain registered by GoDaddy? Council business should be conducted by council members (IMO in the union hall) not by anonymous internet cowards. |
Like the PRO letter?
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Originally Posted by dmeg13021
(Post 3469574)
Like the PRO letter?
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Originally Posted by Red Swingline
(Post 3467745)
And there it is - meeting September 30th. They’re running out the clock, further displaying that this is all about one thing - getting Insler elected ALPA president at the BOD in October. Even if they get recalled at that meeting, it still has to go to a council-wide vote which won’t be completed until after the BOD, thus preserving their ability to lobby and vote for Todd.
Good riddance. |
Originally Posted by FriendlyPilot
(Post 3468824)
Its just people who want to take over the MEC for personal gain so they blame everything the current MEC is doing for personal gain.
Be extremely wary of who you select to be your next LEC reps. If they were people calling for ouster, it means they were using this TA failure as an opportunity to take power. They are the ones we need to be worried about. I won’t vote for anyone that was beating the drums of recall. to get rid of any rep who voted against the pilots interests and for this abomination of a TA. There is no going forward without removing these guys and using this opportunity to fight for at least a reasonable contract. You sound like you don't feel we have a problem. I believe that speaks volumes about you. |
Originally Posted by DodgerBlue
(Post 3469623)
But they’ll still be gone.
Good riddance. |
Originally Posted by FriendlyPilot
(Post 3468824)
Its just people who want to take over the MEC for personal gain so they blame everything the current MEC is doing for personal gain.
Be extremely wary of who you select to be your next LEC reps. If they were people calling for ouster, it means they were using this TA failure as an opportunity to take power. They are the ones we need to be worried about. I won’t vote for anyone that was beating the drums of recall. |
William F. Buckley once said:
I am obliged to confess that I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University. |
Latest from C57
------------------------ Council 57 LEC Update Aug. 14 -- MEC Special Meeting Historical Perspective: How To Learn From Past Pattern Bargaining Success Brothers and Sisters of Council 57, MEC Special Meeting Tomorrow, the MEC will be meeting in special session in order to review the polling and survey results gathered over the last few weeks. Once those results are analyzed and discussed, the MEC will adjust the priorities for continued negotiations with the company. Many members have asked whether the details of the random poll or the on-line survey will be made public. This will never happen! As much as everyone would like to know, results of polling data have always been closely held by the MEC. The reason is simple: That data was gathered on behalf of the MEC -- your elected representatives -- so that they can direct future negotiations based on your expectations. Releasing -- or leaking -- that data only serves to give the Company added insight into the mood and expectations of the pilots. Think of a poker game where your opponent can see your cards... It wouldn't be much of a negotiation if the other side knows everything you know! Historical Perspective Below you will find a perspective from Captain Jerome Mestman, a long-time member of Council 57 and the LEC Communications Chair from 2012 to 2015, who served during the Contract Extension negotiation in 2015. We believe his comments provide a good review of the negotiating climate during that time, and can provide an important perspective for the environment we find ourselves in today. We appreciate him taking the time. --------------------------- How to Learn from Past Pattern Bargaining Success By Captain Jerome Mestman, Council 57 As we ponder the travails of our current contract situation, I can't help but think back to 2015 and how much today resembles that period, at least in terms of pattern bargaining. We tend to look back at the contractual gains we've made since 2012 with a sense of inevitability, much the same way we look back as if victory in WW2 was inevitable, but nothing was a foregone conclusion at the time. I think the events in airline labor relations in 2015-2016 can provide a great tutorial as to the benefits of effective pattern bargaining. Pattern bargaining, the game of contractual leap frog, is most effective when all parties are lifting up together, each only requiring little strength to lift a heavy object. Pattern bargaining fails when people expect one party to do the heavy lifting all alone. Effective pattern bargaining means no single union needs to be the "tough guy." Some may look back at the Contract Extension of 2015 as a foregone conclusion with a great outcome, but it was hardly a sure thing. When put out for membership ratification, the extension passed with a 79 percent approval, but few pilots realize that the Extension TA barely made it out of the MEC by a vote of 11 to 8. Yep, with a two vote swing the pilots would never have a chance to vote on what ended up being arguably the greatest wealth transfer to the pilots in the last 30 years, or longer! While Contract 2000 and Contract 2012 had larger increases, both of those contracts followed two significant concessionary pay structures: Respectively, the Employee Stock Ownership Plan of the 1990s and the bankruptcies of both legacy United and legacy Continental. The pay increases negotiated in 2015 were a pure gain on the Contract 2012 pay scale. To illustrate the gains realized in the 2015 Contract Extension: In the Fall of 2015, a 12-year United 737 captain earned $212 per hour. By January 2019, just three and a half years later, that same United captain was earning $282 per hour. By comparison, the Consumer Price Index jumped 7.5 percent during those three years while pilot wages grew by 7.5 percent each year! In other words: While overall prices increased 7.5 percent, pilot wages increased 33.3 percent! (For those arguing today that our wages should be tied to inflation simply because we've have one year of relatively high inflation, I suggest they look at more data than one single bad year!) How Did We Achieve Such Wage Gains? In the fall of 2015, Delta pilots were the next pilot group on the negotiating block. The good news for Delta pilots was that its airline was the most profitable airline in the industry. If any labor group were going to extract contractual gains, it would be the labor group working for the most profitable airline, right? The bad news was that the Delta pilots were already the highest paid commercial pilots in the industry; there was no one with whom to play contractual leap frog. Delta management could easily have offered its pilots annual wage increases of 2 percent (actually beating the inflation rate). If the pilots would have voted it down, management could have turned to the National Mediation Board (NMB) and said: We're offering our pilots the highest wages in the industry and they still reject it! We don't know what they want! At that point, the NMB could have turned to the Delta MEC and ask: Well... ? Under the Railway Labor Act, management has a significant advantage in that labor contracts don't expire outright, they merely become amendable. Workers can't withhold services at the amendable date; the parties must first be released for self-help by the NMB before workers can strike. In 2015, had the United pilots turned down the contract extension (many pilots argued for the gains and glory of a full Section 6 negotiation), it could have resulted in the traditional stalemate with us working through 2019 under a pay scale that topped out in 2017. ($224 per hour for the 737 captain above). The result: Had either the UAL or DAL pilots tried to do the heavy lifting alone, pilot wages could have stagnated for years. But, that's not what happened! When the 2015 Contract Extension was approved, many pilots grumbled that the snap-up clause meant the United pilots were riding the coattails of those tough Delta pilots who were actually doing the hard work. The key aspect of the 2015 Extension was that the United pilots raised the wage bar -- substantially -- for the Delta pilots to jump over in the leap frog game. There was little chance Delta was going to offer its pilots the wages it did had United not spiked the punchbowl with the additional 13 percent pay raise in the Extension. Once Delta shot above our wage levels, we simply snapped up to the new Delta pay rates. In a classic success of pattern bargaining, both labor groups did some moderate lifting where both made significant gains due to the efforts of the other group. The end result: Wages for both the DAL and UAL pilots kept moving; there was no 3-year dead zone of zero wage growth. 2022 vs 2015 I think 2022 is eerily similar to 2015 in that the United and Delta pilots are leading the industry in overall contract value. If we each work independently, trying to do the heavy lifting alone (i.e., push for annual wage increases of 10 percent), we could easily end up in stalled negotiations with zero wage gains for years. Remember, it's called a negotiation and not a "demand" for a reason. Just because pilots want something at the negotiating table doesn't mean the company has to give in - it can easily drag things out for 2 to 3 years. So, when I hear "populist" grandstanding as some voices talk tough as if they can unilaterally force the company to back up a dump truck full of cash for us to gorge on, it gives me pause. The glory of hitting a grand slam in Game 7 of the World Series may seem appealing, but we all know the likelihood of that actually happening. Hitting five doubles in a row in Game 5 may not get the same headlines, but it scores just as many runs and is as effective at achieving the overall goal. When it comes to the current negotiation, I'm more concerned about winning... however boring it may appear. I'm very, very wary of so-called leaders who promise us glory based on nothing more than empty rhetoric that reflects their own egomania and thirst for power. These narcissists have failed us before; just ask a United pilot who was around during the first two years of the merger, 2010-2012. These populists can bask in their own narcissistic glory on their own dime. You and I would be the ones left holding the bag for their failures. I'll take boring and successful pattern bargaining over the risk of going super nova any day of the week! ------------------------------ Again, we thank Captain Mestman for taking the time to write. If there are any questions or comments, please contact us or file a PDR! In unity, Scott, Brian and Jim (C57 LEC officers) |
Perhaps more correctly, a suggested edit: >>>When it comes to the current negotiation, I'm more concerned about winning... however slow and boring it may appear. I'm very, very wary of so-called leaders who promise us glory based on nothing more than empty rhetoric that reflects their own egomania and thirst for power (Todd Insler). These narcissists have failed us before; just ask a United pilot who was around during the first two years of the merger, 2010-2012 (when Insler and most of these ALPA lifers were already in there). These ALPA Team players can bask in their own narcissistic glory on their own dime. You and I will be the ones left holding the bag for their failures, as we have so many times in the past.<<<
But what do I know... |
My reply:
----------------------------- C57 Officers: The bad historian here starts his "just take the crumbs when they’re on the table" screed using a wildly off base historical analogy. With mainland USA completely immune to attack from Axis powers in WWII the outcome of that struggle very much WAS a foregone conclusion the moment the USA entered the fight. Admiral Yamamoto knew it and famously told anyone who would listen as much. But looking at the name calling here (and in C34s rant), perhaps the best quote comes from another Axis leader who knew they were doomed after biting off more than they could chew. "Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice which usually indicates a man who has shortcomings of his own to hide." - Irwin Rommel Calling the opposing view and perhaps a large percentage of your own council “narcissists” and other names is George Hise BS Scott. I thought you were better than that. All you have to do to win any day is stick to the facts and the data. Mestman doesn’t do that. He starts off with a BS “fact” and then fills out his name-calling screed with his set of assumptions, some 20/20 hindsight, and cloudy crystal ball predictions of what could maybe possibly have happened. This isn’t “bird in the hand vs. one in the bush” common sense wisdom, it’s more like “bird we got vs. the hypothetical bird we may have found in the bush.” If I were British I’d say, “Bad show.” Had we NOT done that extension in 2015 we would not be in the current position we are with not having had pay raises for years while working on a stale contract from 2012 that needs major improvements. Hey look at that, I can make cloudy crystal ball predictions too! This is what your predecessor, who the author worked so hard to oust, had to say in Dec. 2015. Perhaps you’ll send this out to the council again? Ha! I slay me. https://www.linkedin.com/.../chairman-elect-john-barton.../ If we’re going to invoke the past, allow me to do so. In the mid-2000s a Council 57 officer called me to ask that I support a T/A that was before the pilots. I said that I could not do so because while it had some good things it also contained some concessions. He said, “But Oly it’s such a good deal. It’s like them giving you ten dollars and you handing back two.” I replied, “Then just hand me eight dollars. Or five, or whatever but you don’t get anything from me. We already gave too much.” One thing I can say is for sure using my 28 years of 20/20 hindsight when it comes to ALPA and the UAL MEC: SOSDD. VR, Capt. Oly Olson, 787 LAXFO Former C57 FO Rep./Vice Chairman, C57 SO Rep./Secretary-Treasurer, C57 Communications Chairman, UAL MEC Communications and RJ/Scope committees P.S. Regarding the link above: Yes, I understand that he's about as popular as VD with some pilots here. My point was that if we're going to start dredging up 2015, well... |
I love the spin game here. Every single one of these letters makes it seem like pay rates is the sticking point.
While I’m not thrilled with the pay rates, it’s the QOL hits that make me a no vote. How hard is that to grasp. |
Originally Posted by 01110011
(Post 3477556)
I love the spin game here. Every single one of these letters makes it seem like pay rates is the sticking point.
While I’m not thrilled with the pay rates, it’s the QOL hits that make me a no vote. How hard is that to grasp. |
Originally Posted by FlySaint
(Post 3477580)
Thats because QOL issues have no impact on many of the union staff, but pay rates do!
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Originally Posted by 01110011
(Post 3477556)
I love the spin game here. Every single one of these letters makes it seem like pay rates is the sticking point.
While I’m not thrilled with the pay rates, it’s the QOL hits that make me a no vote. How hard is that to grasp. |
Originally Posted by Jerome Mestman
(Post 3477516)
In the fall of 2015, Delta pilots were the next pilot group on the negotiating block. The good news for Delta pilots was that its airline was the most profitable airline in the industry. If any labor group were going to extract contractual gains, it would be the labor group working for the most profitable airline, right? The bad news was that the Delta pilots were already the highest paid commercial pilots in the industry; there was no one with whom to play contractual leap frog. Delta management could easily have offered its pilots annual wage increases of 2 percent (actually beating the inflation rate). If the pilots would have voted it down, management could have turned to the National Mediation Board (NMB) and said: We're offering our pilots the highest wages in the industry and they still reject it! We don't know what they want! At that point, the NMB could have turned to the Delta MEC and ask: Well... ?
Originally Posted by 01110011
(Post 3477556)
I love the spin game here. Every single one of these letters makes it seem like pay rates is the sticking point. While I’m not thrilled with the pay rates, it’s the QOL hits that make me a no vote. How hard is that to grasp.
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The pay rates are the problem
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Originally Posted by Gooselives
(Post 3477670)
The pay rates are the problem
a joke |
Originally Posted by Noworkallplay
(Post 3477676)
If the pay rates are the problem have you seen the pay rates just ratified by 90% at UPS? Through 2025. How could one group support lower rates by 90% yet UA pilots would not? I think this goes to prove the issues were work rules. I could be wrong though. UA’s proposed pay rates were a fair bit larger than the UPS rates.
They have a DB plan and FedEx has 216 hours of vacation. Are you really this dense? |
Work rules AND pay rates are the problem…along with sick time, vacation, training, etc. But PAY DEFINITELY was a problem
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Originally Posted by Noworkallplay
(Post 3477676)
If the pay rates are the problem have you seen the pay rates just ratified by 90% at UPS? Through 2025.
0% in 2022 vs. 5% 4% in 2023 vs. 5% 3.25% in 2024 vs. 4% 3.25% in 2025 vs TBD, new contract I don’t see United getting more pay with the renegotiated TA. I really think they are going to fix the early show for reserves, and LCA pay, and send it out to vote again. |
Originally Posted by iahflyr
(Post 3478182)
UPS vs. United
0% in 2022 vs. 5% 4% in 2023 vs. 5% 3.25% in 2024 vs. 4% 3.25% in 2025 vs TBD, new contract I don’t see United getting more pay with the renegotiated TA. I really think they are going to fix the early show for reserves, and LCA pay, and send it out to vote again. |
Originally Posted by iahflyr
(Post 3478182)
UPS vs. United
0% in 2022 vs. 5% 4% in 2023 vs. 5% 3.25% in 2024 vs. 4% 3.25% in 2025 vs TBD, new contract I don’t see United getting more pay with the renegotiated TA. I really think they are going to fix the early show for reserves, and LCA pay, and send it out to vote again. |
Originally Posted by GPullR
(Post 3478238)
have to at least match AA management proposal to not be a complete insult.
This is the best negotiating environment in decades. I will not accept a single give that makes me spend more time away from home, steals the overnights I bid for, or otherwise damages the perks that we have. |
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Originally Posted by iahflyr
(Post 3478182)
UPS vs. United
0% in 2022 vs. 5% 4% in 2023 vs. 5% 3.25% in 2024 vs. 4% 3.25% in 2025 vs TBD, new contract From the 2019 Delta contract comparison. |
Originally Posted by 01110011
(Post 3478241)
Either no concessions or current book for me. I don’t care if they toss in a 30% raise. Our QOL rules suck already, I don’t care how much money they throw at me I will not vote yes to a single QOL concession. I can make more money if I want to. I can’t claw back any of the QOL gives the first TA had.
This is the best negotiating environment in decades. I will not accept a single give that makes me spend more time away from home, steals the overnights I bid for, or otherwise damages the perks that we have. Our reserve rules are literally a reason for someone to not work at United. If I were a scheduler, I’d put everyone on short call or FSB every day because…why not? (and that’s what they did, if not some mediocre trip) There’s basically no reason for them not to. I’d aggressive pickup when I could, but it didn’t always work, or sometimes I was on a 6 day silo. Long call is a pipe dream for some of us. if you think you can never be at risk of being on reserve again, I won’t try and change your mind. But if people skip United because of work rules, it’s still going to impact you when they continue to build 90 hour lines and there are 190 unfilled CA positions because nobody ever wants to be on reserve again. |
Originally Posted by JTwift
(Post 3478502)
as someone who can’t vote yet (half winger), I’d love for QOL rules to be the focus of a new TA. Yea, pay could be higher, but as someone on reserve through this summer, I got absolutely hammered by scheduling only to maybe barely hit or break reserve guarantee.
Our reserve rules are literally a reason for someone to not work at United. If I were a scheduler, I’d put everyone on short call or FSB every day because…why not? (and that’s what they did, if not some mediocre trip) There’s basically no reason for them not to. I’d aggressive pickup when I could, but it didn’t always work, or sometimes I was on a 6 day silo. Long call is a pipe dream for some of us. if you think you can never be at risk of being on reserve again, I won’t try and change your mind. But if people skip United because of work rules, it’s still going to impact you when they continue to build 90 hour lines and there are 190 unfilled CA positions because nobody ever wants to be on reserve again. |
#MakeReserveSenior
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Originally Posted by Ice Bear
(Post 3478779)
#MakeReserveSenior
also, global reserve….shouldn’t be a thing. All those flexible days? No thanks. Regular is bad enough. There’s another reason all the new hire widebodies go last in class (with few exception) before too long, every base/equipment will be global. I mean, Cleveland got global just because they do a few Lajes trips. It’s nuts. |
Originally Posted by JTwift
(Post 3478797)
i almost wrote that, in an ideal world, reserve should be going to senior in-base people (because they want it and reserve is good). No way that’s happening with what’s we have.
also, global reserve….shouldn’t be a thing. All those flexible days? No thanks. Regular is bad enough. There’s another reason all the new hire widebodies go last in class (with few exception) before too long, every base/equipment will be global. I mean, Cleveland got global just because they do a few Lajes trips. It’s nuts. the only reason one would bid reserve by choice is counting on the fact that you won’t be used. given our staffing and the standings trends this will never happen. it is all about pilot productivity |
Originally Posted by TFAYD
(Post 3479036)
reserve will never go senior.
the only reason one would bid reserve by choice is counting on the fact that you won’t be used. given our staffing and the standings trends this will never happen. it is all about pilot productivity |
Originally Posted by 01110011
(Post 3479043)
More nights at home, nice pay bump. I’d do it over a 12 day off 89 hour line.
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Originally Posted by 89Pistons
(Post 3479055)
Pure FSB lines are already in the contract. Has been for 20 years. Pays 90 hours. The company can build them but choose not to. When they built them back in the day, bottom reserves couldn't hold those lines. They already have tools available to make reserve better. They just want to make them worse while making us pay for the changes.
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Reserve should go senior in the winter and junior in the summer. Winter is usually easier and you're not missing much pay. Some guys already bid reserve for Christmas ✞ off.
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Originally Posted by 01110011
(Post 3479062)
“I hope I stay home and don’t get used”.
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