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CMR management snubs...
OK, so why is that? How do you think that came about? ALPA allowed the DMEC to financially cap our careers (after denying the PID) by limiting the size of aircraft and amount of flying we do in addition to prohibiting the CMR/ASA MECs from negotiating scope with their true employer. On top of that, there are no provisions in the Delta scope clause to prevent the whipsaw and low balling of the wholly owns - we have been sacrificed to management by the union that is suppose to protect our interests. Your dues dollars at work.
Giving away your pilot groups right to bargain with your employer so another pilot group may negotiate in your behalf is not the answer.
This is the menality, fostered over the years by ALPA and management, that has left the smaller carriers with the weaker work rules, benefits and pay. So many people think that they are just making a low pass through the "regionals" to build time and move on and don't really care about making their current airline a career airline. They don't want to make waves or be a trouble maker or do something that might show up at the interview while they get some PIC time and then go elsewhere. In their own minds, it's not their fight. They are easily intimidated by management and will fold like a cheap card table when the time comes. This menality was the biggest obstacle to overcome for the Comair strike and is, in my opinion, one of the reasons the strike ended when it did.
ALPA owes you a duty. If they are not going to merge us with Delta then they must ensure we can bargain scope with our real employer, not with the Delta MEC or Comair "management."
wms said:
OK, so why is that? How do you think that came about? ALPA allowed the DMEC to financially cap our careers (after denying the PID) by limiting the size of aircraft and amount of flying we do in addition to prohibiting the CMR/ASA MECs from negotiating scope with their true employer. On top of that, there are no provisions in the Delta scope clause to prevent the whipsaw and low balling of the wholly owns - we have been sacrificed to management by the union that is suppose to protect our interests. Your dues dollars at work.
Giving away your pilot groups right to bargain with your employer so another pilot group may negotiate in your behalf is not the answer.
This is the menality, fostered over the years by ALPA and management, that has left the smaller carriers with the weaker work rules, benefits and pay. So many people think that they are just making a low pass through the "regionals" to build time and move on and don't really care about making their current airline a career airline. They don't want to make waves or be a trouble maker or do something that might show up at the interview while they get some PIC time and then go elsewhere. In their own minds, it's not their fight. They are easily intimidated by management and will fold like a cheap card table when the time comes. This menality was the biggest obstacle to overcome for the Comair strike and is, in my opinion, one of the reasons the strike ended when it did.
ALPA owes you a duty. If they are not going to merge us with Delta then they must ensure we can bargain scope with our real employer, not with the Delta MEC or Comair "management."
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