HIFLYR

I believe Tony held mem on the bid before the CGN bid, so he should be coming back to mem.

FXDX

Yes, in Mar 2013, according to the training letter.

Fishfreighter

The technical term for this is "council bypass." If a rep is elected from one base and, during his term of office, transfers to another base he can be given a council bypass to continue in his office for the term of that office.

He cannot run for a subsequent term unless he returns to that base.

In non-Block rep MECs the council bypass rules can also be applied to F/O reps who upgrade to CA during their term of office.

Gunter

So what is Tony representing for 23 months, his (former) block's interests or his own?


correction: He's been out there for 3 months already.

HIFLYR

Man, I could care less I was simply stating he was coming back.
Relax you will live longer

Fishfreighter

If this is causing you such angst, I suggest you initiate a recall.

FlybyKnite

I thought it was a little strange that there was no APC debate on the issue when it was presented in This Thread back in Nov 2010.

Gunter

Maybe Block 5 is just going the extra mile to help HKG with their issues...

AerisArmis

Wow...looks like I dropped a steaming turd in the punch bowl! After reading the responses it appears that he is well within his rights to hang on as the block 5 rep. On the other hand...the whole block rep system was designed so that each block was represented by a pilot in that block vice a seniority based system whereby the MEC is represented only by senior pilots. It's a hold over from our FPA days and seems to work very well. LAX is not represented by a Memphis pilot, MEM block 2 is not represented by a ANC pilot and block 5 should not be represented by a Hong Kong pilot. The honorable thing to do is to resign and let someone else, within block 5 do the job. If he feels that his true calling is doing elected union work....there'll be plenty of time when he returns. "It's the right thing to do".......now where did I hear that?

MeXC

Church??????
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