A quick study of the RLA will show how rediculous what you wrote is.Why? I don't think Gruman was claiming that GPAC would do any BARGAINING for NJI. Couldn't anyway. But they would have been a voice for the NJI pilots to communicate with NJASAP and management. I think all Gruman meant was that it's important to have a voice that speaks directly for the NJI pilots, one that ISN'T management, no matter how well management may have gotten along with them before. In the end, management has management's best interests in mind, not the pilots'.
I met Dave once for a cup-o-joe in the winter of 2007 - good conversation.A totally useless comment to deflect attention from the real issue brought up. Did you write those emails to Dave Montgomery? If so, it sure looks like it was meant to be read by more than a good friend. The structure and prose are very appropriate when addressing a group. It certainly lacks the informality and brevity that you'd expect when one is informally answering a question posed by a curious neighbor. Interestingly enough, those emails were far more readable and understandable than the "transparent" emails you used to write to the membership of NJASAP, although still full of useless hyperbole.
NJASAP IS the certified bargaining agent and a letter campaign can't/won't change that.I don't get the impression that anyone was trying to change that. GPAC was trying to make sure the NJI pilot's concerns were heard in the process. A reasonable request. I never heard anyone here say they wanted to bargain for anything. So again, another deflection.
I have always answered every email and phone call from every pilot - openly and honestly!Riiiight. Sort of like we had all thought you'd gone back to flying the line after IBB. Admittedly, I don't think anyone had thought to ask you directly if you were, in fact, back on the line, so can't really say you lied about that. But you sure weren't open and forthcoming in volunteering any info about what was going on with your status in the months following IBB. And not one little peep about any imminent move to management. Yep. Very open and honest. That will never change Exactly! Which is why I think you'll find fewer people trust you these days than used to. - nothing to hide from. Maybe not anymore. That remains to be seen. I've lived this stuff for too long. So why keep doing it? "Too long" implies it's time to give it up. Come on back to the line! After all, how many people can claim to have virtually personalized LOA's that allow them the full benefits of being in management AND a line pilot?
Simple stuff, It's certainly getting to be that way.