The Juice

I agree with you, he should be on a full time buy. The airline is growing and with a pilot group of over 1100 pilots now, ALPA positions on a full time buy is not only standard, its necessary.

Problem is the pilots who assume any ALPA volunteer, I say again, volunteer, who take any kind of flight pay loss, is screwing the system over. The anti MEC conspiracy theorists will come with their pitch forks and scream for heads.

That being said, I think at a minimum the MEC chair and NC should be on full time buys currently and the Scheduling Committee should have buys along withe Grievance Committee, for a few members to help DO THE WORK OF THE PILOTS, not "vacation on a union dime," like many assume they do. Rules should be in place to allow them to be compensated what they would make on the line, without being able to double dip and pick up more time and fly ontop of what their buy out is.

We are going to battle and to have our front line soldiers prep for this battle and fly RSW turns is insane. Totally insane.

NJGov

How many millions did we 'gain' in C2010 over C2003?

I believe the number was around 46$million? Can anyone correct me on that please. And was that 46 annually or 46 over the next five years of the contract duration?

Thanks.

gonyon

Not sure how many pilots he thinks we have but 100k times 1000 is 100 million bucks

gonyon

Exactly except our p2p folks don't receive ANY info outside of the fast reads so they are basically unutilized

Cruise

Absolutely!

There is no reason at a MINIMUM the MEC Chair isn't out on full buy...at this point, there should be at least 3 people out working on our behalf, especially with negotiations opening in less than 6 months!

Cruise

Again, ABSOLUTELY! Enough already. It's time for the MEC to grow a pair and make this happen. We need guys out working full time on our behalf. That said, they must maintain currency by picking up trips here and there. Any actual flight pay they earn goes right back into the FPL bank. No double dipping.

To think we can continue to have our pilot leaders flying a typical schedule is ludicrous. The conspiracy theorists around here need to add an extra layer to their tinfoil hat and suck it up.

Qotsaautopilot

We better not just be opening negotiations in 6 months. We better be well on our way to an industry leading Cba

skybolt

Approximately one year ago, the members of Local 109 showed up "en masse" at at local meeting. They were involved and motivated. They offered up and then passed a couple of resolutions. The union then proceeded to ignore the members of that local.

When you lecture the members on apathy, you must also acknowledge the role played by the leaders.

The Juice

Hey, you should be happy. I see the next 77 meeting will be at Bone Daddy's. Can't be a coincidence. Was this your suggestion?

Gunga Galunga

Exactly, because this is an excusable position to not read emails or have any clue what industry average rates and retirements are. If people are that upset at the leadership, one potential example to send a message "en masse" message to the leadership was the EFB LOA. Look how many people even bothered to vote.