FYI:
On Tuesday the pilots of Council 94 addressed the recall of their Captain Representative and MEC member Tim Baker at a union meeting. The vote was 277 for the recall and 3 against. This vote puts the recall on the ballot for the entire Pittsburgh membership to vote on in the next few weeks. The results of that vote will be similar and Captain Baker will no longer be a member of the MEC or the Captain Representative of Council 94.
The reasons for his recall are quite simple. The pilots of Pittsburgh have recognized the true intentions of this management and are no longer interested in having an MEC that is staffed by people who the company thinks will roll over and give them everything they ask for. Tim was a part of that. And that is about to stop.
Council 94 will put a representative on the MEC who will stand up to this management and hold them accountable. The nonsense of not complying with our contract will cease. No other givebacks will be forthcoming and this management will live under the contract that it has negotiated.
This action by the Pittsburgh Pilots is just the start. Each and every MEC member is now in jeopardy. The Pilots of this airline have had enough. The new MEC will not be perceived as weak and compliant. Because they won''t be. And they will force this company to live up to their contractual obligations. And they will force this management to run this airline profitably or find someone who will. This airline belongs to the employees. Not the management who seeks to replace our work with cheaper labor and smaller jets and then will run for the hills with scads of stock and cash. Saving the airline is one thing. Turning this into a massive land grab will not succeed. Council 94 is putting on the brakes. And the rest of our Councils will follow.
mr
(enjoying the leave and a different career)
On Tuesday the pilots of Council 94 addressed the recall of their Captain Representative and MEC member Tim Baker at a union meeting. The vote was 277 for the recall and 3 against. This vote puts the recall on the ballot for the entire Pittsburgh membership to vote on in the next few weeks. The results of that vote will be similar and Captain Baker will no longer be a member of the MEC or the Captain Representative of Council 94.
The reasons for his recall are quite simple. The pilots of Pittsburgh have recognized the true intentions of this management and are no longer interested in having an MEC that is staffed by people who the company thinks will roll over and give them everything they ask for. Tim was a part of that. And that is about to stop.
Council 94 will put a representative on the MEC who will stand up to this management and hold them accountable. The nonsense of not complying with our contract will cease. No other givebacks will be forthcoming and this management will live under the contract that it has negotiated.
This action by the Pittsburgh Pilots is just the start. Each and every MEC member is now in jeopardy. The Pilots of this airline have had enough. The new MEC will not be perceived as weak and compliant. Because they won''t be. And they will force this company to live up to their contractual obligations. And they will force this management to run this airline profitably or find someone who will. This airline belongs to the employees. Not the management who seeks to replace our work with cheaper labor and smaller jets and then will run for the hills with scads of stock and cash. Saving the airline is one thing. Turning this into a massive land grab will not succeed. Council 94 is putting on the brakes. And the rest of our Councils will follow.
mr
(enjoying the leave and a different career)