Hvy, that would also be true unless Astar Mec was talking to Abx Mec before either pilot group and Trix had first hand knowledge of the conversation. You only assume she did not know the details of the conversations!
nitedog,
Again - don't be quite so eager to defend AVIATRIX! The text of her original message said:
"ASTAR'S Race to the Bottom! Attention all pilots/union members:
In an effort to influence DHL’s decision on the home for the 6 future 767-300 aircraft purchased from Boeing, the ASTAR MEC has executed the "race to the bottom" plan. In order to prevent these aircraft from landing at Atlas, Polar, ABX, or even EAT, the ASTAR MEC leadership is currently negotiating concessions in pay and work rules. This means they are willing to fly a heavy for less pay than the narrow body pay. This plan violates several ALPA national codes of ethic and at least one resolution.
The industry would like to thank you."
While the internal workings of our pilot group and our MEC are really nobody else's business, I can tell you that our company and our union (just like every other airline/pilot group in the country - including ABX) are constantly negotiating work rule, system, and fleet changes. During some of these discussions, the subject of the new 76's came up and the company asked if the union would accept work rule changes and pay concessions. The union said that work rule changes (deadhead travel adjustments, day/night transition changes, etc.) may be negotiable and would probably necessitate pilot ratification, BUT they said to the company, in pilot messages, and in meetings that PAY CONCESSIONS WERE OFF OF THE TABLE. PERIOD. They said this on numerous occasions and were clear and unwavering about it. Then Dasburg writes his letter and TRIX smears her post all over the internet. Then our MEC meets with the company, again says no, meets with the pilots who agree with the decision, and the issue is closed.
She accuses our MEC of executing a "race to the bottom" on April 22. The fact is that our Negotiating team did not even MEET with the Astar management until the 22nd. Their response to our pilot group came in the days after this meeting. Her post was in response to a letter that John Dasburg had written to our MEC Chairman and is factually incorrect. AT NO TIME did our MEC ever inform the ABX union that we were taking pay concessions. NEVER HAPPENED. She lied on purpose and she knows she was wrong - yet she hasn't the first shred if integrity required to apologize. Unfortunately, for her to do so would also mean that she would admit that what she posted was not a mistake, it was a purposeful lie and she posted this lie with complete knowledge of what she was doing.
She tried to instigate a major brawl between our pilot groups at a time when tensions are high. Disgusting acts like hers are the last thing either of our pilot groups need right now. You guys need to slap a muzzle on her before she ignites this powder keg.
Get your facts straight before you defend her again. I'm willing to listen to knowledgeable and intelligent discourse but not idle speculation that this witch knows something that she clearly does not.
D8C
