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PCL is correct.
PCL wrote once that Duane Woerth "gets it." Years later I find this tidbit while researching my position on a NSL. It is relevant, since this was part of Woerth's presentation to the United group in the last BOD. PCL, you were correct.
Chautauqua Airlines, Colgan Air, GoJet Airlines, Mesa Airlines,Shuttle America,SkyWest Airlines,and Trans States Airlines
United doing this now is kinda dumb. While I agree with the concept, ALPA needs to start at the bottom and work it's way up. ALPA will fragment like a lit grenade if they tried to force it from the top down.I wouldn't be surprised to see the EB pass a modified version of this resolution, which would change some of the language that we're arguing about here.
PCL wrote once that Duane Woerth "gets it." Years later I find this tidbit while researching my position on a NSL. It is relevant, since this was part of Woerth's presentation to the United group in the last BOD. PCL, you were correct.
If United wants to show us the way, they need to begin with:Captain Woerth said:
(Quote) "A dynamic that our predecessors did not have to contend with was airline brand management. Regulation essentially prevented it by route authority limitations.
Today, airline brands for both passenger and all-cargo operations have developed elaborate strategies to get pilots who work for separate companies with separate contracts and seniority lists to compete for work within the brand on a "lowest-bid" basis. Of all the challenges vexing us in the first years of the 21st Century, this may be the greatest.
The Bilateral Scope Impact Committee's report that went to the Executive Board was embraced and acclaimed for good reason. It cut to the heart of the matter and succinctly stated the obvious: job security and career progression opportunities are two sides of the same coin. Against an airline brand management strategy, only a counter strategy by the pilots within the brand to deal with both issues together has any chance of succeeding.
If we want to stop erosion of ALPA pay standards, we must deal with job security and career progression as a single issue. A combination of fences and bridges will be required. If we accept the status quo, the race to the bottom will continue.
If we stop pointing fingers and start joining hands, some group of pilots within some brand will be the first to develop a prototype model that stops the bleeding. It is said that "necessity" is the mother of invention. With all the pain, with all the bloodshed within our ranks, we should have all the "necessity" we need to invent something new to stop the whipsawing.
To steal a line from Bob Chimenti, chairman of the FedEx Negotiating Committee, 'For a collective bargaining breakthrough of this magnitude, line pilots will erect 10-foot tall statues of the negotiators who will deliver it.' He could be right - it's that important."(Unquote)
Chautauqua Airlines, Colgan Air, GoJet Airlines, Mesa Airlines,Shuttle America,SkyWest Airlines,and Trans States Airlines
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