Airline Pilot Central Forums - The Scope Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by Boeing Aviator (Post 2461914)

Question for you. I believe most of our pilots would agree our MC easily slants towards the militant side. Our MEC as a whole may not be as militant as our MC, but certainly no push overs.

That being said, how does Kirby bypass our union leadership and negotiate directly with our pilots? With the latest election LEC election cycles complete it would take years for pilots to make significant changes to our ALPA leadership.

Agreed on the general attitude of the MEC.

Note, however, the split that occurred on the MEC with the interim agreement when presented a wad of cash—-an agreement that line pilots ultimately approved in a landslide.

All Kirby needs is 50.1% if he can find enough wedges.