They'll be dead in the water if the RPC is voted in.
Actually, if the RPC is voted in you get to keep your Local 357 and all of your committe reps as long as you want them (that is your choice and no other pilot group has the right to choose what is right or wrong for you). You also benefit from 700+ pilots (and their bank account) working along side of you.
Or you can vote for the IBT and keep your Local 357 and all of your committee reps, and you can have 700+ pilots (and their bank account) working to destroy you. No one wants to be forced into a bargaining unit. Forcing the IBT on the Frontier pilots will only result in more harm and disfunctional behavior.
Sounds like a no-brainer. The RPC is the only structure that will work with this Holding company.
Why anyone thinks that "taking over" one group equates to "unity" is a mystery to me.
A vote for the IBT is a vote for a poison pill for the entire pilot group.
To take it a step furthur, what is the IBT offering any of us, all 3000 of us?
What is their vision of our future?
The only IBT campaign literature I have received is the typical IBT scare tactics.
They are trying to scare you into thinking that your contract negotiations will be delayed. This is not true, you guys can continue on whatever course you deem appropriate.
They are trying to scare you into thinking that we will all end up without any representation. This is a joke, the only way we can end up non-union is if a majority of the votes cast are for "no representation".
They are trying to convince you that the IBT will support your strike. When are you guys going on strike? 2013? 2014? Do you have any idea on the average length of mediated negotiations? We are talking years not months.
They are trying to scare you into thinking that the RPC will not be recognized by the NMB. This is not true, the RPC structure is an IBT concept that is working very well at a number of other IBT properties.
If you look past the scare tactics and propaganda, it is easy to see that the IBT is offering nothing to the pilot group.
The RPC will afford all 3000 pilots a new voice.