End of Alpa said: "You know the big JOKE on this last election? If Ferguson, Koontz, and Holmes ran on the premise that "We don't believe in the DOH provision in the C & B but we will work to change the very same through a constitutional rewrite" they may have gotten more votes from the East. Unfortunately they would be doing the same thing Hummel and Bradford haven't been doing since they got in. THEY DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH THE BPR and they negotiate with the company."
You need to take a break from this board, you are nearing the "blowhard" stage of internet addiction. I ask you, when (other than a very well publicized "breakfast with Parker" after the AMR announcement last April) has the VP EVER had negotiating contact with the Company?
And please give me one example of Hummel negotiating with the company, much less taking a phone call, without telling the BPR?
The problem here is the entire BPR has not been communicating (only giving half the story) with the membership, thus your "loss at sea." You simply don't know what you are talking about, and are either making it up or parroting your own reps.
You in fact owe Bradford a debt of gratitude, yet choose to make stuff up to prove a point to PHX pilots who could care less what you (or I) have to say about anything.
Take a break Alpa. Better pay attention to the latest news. I smell change in the air, and it has nothing to do with recalls or internal union squabbles. We better get our act together, all of us.
Greeter
Whom do you think invited Parker to speak a the spring BPR meeting? We're you there when BP asked Parker what he needed from us and he said "nothing"! You are really that naive to have Gary and Steve remove DiOreo from the NAC even though his intimate knowledge of our contract was unianimously supported by all three lawyers?
Are you aware that Wilder and Coello are asking Gary to let him come back for that very reason?
Why replace him with Owens who was sent to APA to somehow get their tacit approval to work with our company? How is it that the MOU has to be supported when the NAC is empowered to negotiate a CONTRACT, not some side letter that has very little legal support in relation to our prior contracts. Are you aware that the BPR voted 10-0-1 to NOT APPROVE THE MOU AND THEN SEND IT OUT FOR A VOTE? Moot point now, dead issue.
Don't you think we've had our fill of side-letters? That as one of the reasons we got rid of ALPA....remember?
As far as your recall website is concerned 90 percent of what you have on there comes from Chip. We all know his mark. I happen to know that one of people you have "advertised" as a possible rep has no intention of running, so is there really truth in advertising from YOUR site?
Why do I need to give Steve any debt of gratitude BTW when he didn't do most of the work. I have a list of all the pilots who worked hard and Steve was only one of the many. Secondly, I was there when Steve was chosen for President and it wasn't for his administrative experience. In fact, that is why the EVP position was put in at the last minute to help take the load off Steve. (And increased the already top heavy leadership problem we have). Lastly Steve is the one who got the RICO lawsuit with the West started. If Steve really cared about establishing some kind of "reaching across the isle" to the West he wouldn't have run. But he did and the west still hate him for that as much now as they did then. Tell me, how does THAT serve the common good?
Steve NEVER came to me and asked me how we should handle the West pilots.
I have never sugar-coated the obstacles in front of us and I never will. If it means I don't ever get elected is actually fine by me. We now have less than 5000 pilots with many on the East not willing to serve because of our differences.
The recall CLT website is just as "un bias" as "un bias facts" which has never really given the whole story. If YOU want to succeed in the recall effort, at least get your facts straight on the website.
We have a problem and the problem is communication. The leadership doesn't communicate with the BPR, (even the West agrees with that) and that lack of communication imputes conspiracy. When our legal team gives in to the leadership hat contrast that of our constitution supporting a contract solution to a seniority solution WE ALL LOOSE.
And that is the real reason none of us are going anywhere fast.
BTW I still support the CLT reps for reasons like the support they give the pilots in representational actions from the company. You don't address that on your website.
Tell me, Greeter. You running for CLT rep? You can call me a blowhard all you want but the facts still remain the facts. I'll debate facts as long as you're willing to know the history from those who were there before you start casting aspersions.
