While I appreciate Deborah's brass balls for coming on here and putting her name to a post I doubt we'll hear much more from her. You see, I'd bet my first born that Daddy Flores put a hurtin' on her after finding out she posted here and relinquished information to the peons and trouble starters . Couple that with the fact that she basically got a spanking from a few posters here for the rubbish she posted. If her posts aren't a clear indication of the JNC's disconnect we need to clean the glasses. Like I said in an earlier post, "starting on the local level the change demanded WILL come." 😉
Nor should you hear much more from her. She provides answers to your questions that no other Rep has done so openly thus far to BOTH groups and what happens? You spew! Now, magically and wonderously you are blinking your dewey eyes saying where did she go? When opportunities come create something from them, don't ruin them. There are many different parameters to these sections other than what is listed in a paragraph. The AIL has to be improved or the membership will balk - the company knows this and so does the JNC. Why didn't anyone ask how is the AIL going to change or why are you keeping this in when we believe the majority of FA's don't like it?
Instead of attacking you could have used this forum to say why you don't believe something will work or ask for more information. Many said the membership won't go for this or that, but so far your failed recall effort tells a different story.
Your very public failure tells the company that they are on the right track with the negotiations process. These recall efforts are very tricky things, if you lose you lose momentum even if things were churned by the intl office. Some are not going to be enthusiastic about your tale of woe this time around. Add to this a lack of any "known" names of people willing to step up to the plate. People like the known, not speculation.
Ms. Volpe has received many criticisms on the West board about various sections of the proposed upcoming contract and has taken the time to difuse and educate the board members there with the facts that are thus far known about PBS and scheduling and many other questions. This has also helped us all understand that we don't know the entire picture and that we need to be able to read other sections of the contract that have not been made public thus far.
So far as the reserve section is concerned, there are infact only 2 specific sections within the reserve section which say "at schedulings discretion" and these concerns were very vociferously directed to the our Reps to tell the co. no! The way that some posters on here are talking it sounds as though the entire reserve section is at schedulings whim. I might be wrong, but I thought "At shcedulings judgement" still had parameters that had to be followed and there were rules when schedulings judgement came into play.
As for vacation, West vacay tops out a 5 weeks. When I have East jumpseaters with me on the a/c they all say they want the West vacation - so what exactly is the problem? Especially in light of the fact that the council intends upon improving this slightly. Now lets say we take the west vac. at 5 weeks. You know how vac. works are you bitter because you have to work 6 months out of the year? Seriously.
And what is with all this talk of walking away? To where? Back to the membership? Really? You have 2 brains. I wish you would use them. There are 3 participants in this negotiation process...the JNC, The Co. and THE FEDERAL MEDIATOR!!! Remember that guy?! What, he's going to sit there and watch this thing disolve and when someone walks away from the table say "hey, will someone get me a scotch?" This process will finish, the names may or may not change, but the process will finish.
Oh. Yup, there are probably a good many junior fas that will just vote this through based upon the pay increase. Alot have already said there will be furloughs so the thinking is well then why worry about the work rules, I won't have to work them especially when we read that people are celebrating their 45th year with the company! OMG, really! The shoe is now on the other foot...maybe the lineholders should've looked after the reserves from the begining afterall.
And they all lived happily everafter...knowing full well that they deserved eachother.
~ The End~
