mat slinghoff
Member
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2010
- Posts
- 9
I know that many members of IBT Local 1108 frequent this message board and that some have even come to rely upon it for news, views and other information believed to be germane to our unique situation at Flight Options. I want each of you to consider whether the information you are getting here is accurate and whether it’s worth engaging in a debate about our Tentative Agreement (TA) outside the Union’s official message board and our Flight Options pilot family.
Consider that this forum is home to non-members (who can’t vote on the TA), some former members of the Union’s leadership, who have political axes to grind with your Union’s current leadership, and pilots from other companies, some of whom would like nothing better than to see us fail in our efforts to reach a ratified collective bargaining agreement. These are individuals who may not fully understand the TA’s language or its provisions or may have an unfriendly agenda. Remember there is a reason people come to an anonymous message board, like this one, to post their opinions.
If you are a member-in-good standing of Local 1108, I urge you to go to the official 1108 website, read the entire TA carefully and direct your questions, opinions and comments to a member of the Negotiating Committee or Executive Board. Do not rely on rumors or interpretations, posted here, from, well, only God knows who, since the authors of almost all the posts on this message board hide behind fictitious names.
There is a Q&A forum on the 1108 website where your questions will be answered in a timely fashion by members of the Negotiating Committee. We will treat your questions with respect and answer them honestly, openly, as factually and forthrightly as possible. Of critical importance, you will know who is providing you with those answers and can hold them accountable. It is vitally important for you to understand what you will be voting on based on fact, not speculation, conjecture, politics, mal-motive or hidden agendas.
Once again, congratulations to all Local 1108 members. Your support and solidarity was the key to reaching this milestone TA for our first pilot contract at Flight Options.
Fraternally,
Capt. Mat Slinghoff, President
IBT Local 1108
Consider that this forum is home to non-members (who can’t vote on the TA), some former members of the Union’s leadership, who have political axes to grind with your Union’s current leadership, and pilots from other companies, some of whom would like nothing better than to see us fail in our efforts to reach a ratified collective bargaining agreement. These are individuals who may not fully understand the TA’s language or its provisions or may have an unfriendly agenda. Remember there is a reason people come to an anonymous message board, like this one, to post their opinions.
If you are a member-in-good standing of Local 1108, I urge you to go to the official 1108 website, read the entire TA carefully and direct your questions, opinions and comments to a member of the Negotiating Committee or Executive Board. Do not rely on rumors or interpretations, posted here, from, well, only God knows who, since the authors of almost all the posts on this message board hide behind fictitious names.
There is a Q&A forum on the 1108 website where your questions will be answered in a timely fashion by members of the Negotiating Committee. We will treat your questions with respect and answer them honestly, openly, as factually and forthrightly as possible. Of critical importance, you will know who is providing you with those answers and can hold them accountable. It is vitally important for you to understand what you will be voting on based on fact, not speculation, conjecture, politics, mal-motive or hidden agendas.
Once again, congratulations to all Local 1108 members. Your support and solidarity was the key to reaching this milestone TA for our first pilot contract at Flight Options.
Fraternally,
Capt. Mat Slinghoff, President
IBT Local 1108
