hithere wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:43 pm
or time for Ripplerock to run for a union position
I pay for my right to complain through union dues, and I pay plenty.
There is no way I would ever attempt a union position. The culture is toxic. Gag orders are the flavor of the day. Comply or be run out. I swear every single individual that has attained either MEC or LEC in the last decade has turned on the Constitution for some reason. Every one. There must be some form of "indoctrination training" through Management meetings that causes a paradigm shift away from the ACPA Constitution. Is it the promise of a Management position for those that excel at shifting "capital" out of our pool, under the guise of "streamlining or efficiency" or by creating further division amongst the group? The history of promotion certainly make this plausible.
However, I think it's simpler. I believe they are "taught" through their "meetings with upper Management" that the pilot groups "compliance" is an integral part of AC's plan to succeed in the market. "If you do this, it will result in more jobs for all,"....don't, and we will cut back, or not grow". Our sense of "self importance" causes us to be just smart enough to understand the concept, but too dumb to see where this will take us. We are also too dumb to understand that the marketing department and air regulations dictate how many aircraft we have, how big we grow, and how much we can fly. Pilots
ARE NOT facilitators of anything, we are an essential tool of the trade, like an engine. Each plane needs two. When we understand that we have no direct effect on the direction the Corp chooses to take, nor have any serious effect on that outcome, we will be MILES ahead.
Put the Constitution first. It promotes unity and the betterment of the Membership --as a whole-- as its primary concern. Focus on making the contract better than it was, instead of chopping it into little bits, or ignoring it altogether (MOU). Stop ACPA's "disunity drive" by "SAYING NO" the active promotion of different payscales (cargo) and sub-sections within the pilot body that work under different rules and conditions. When we accepted a 10% pay cut on cargo flying within months of AC awarding upper management with millions in bonusses it's time we took a really close look at what's happening, and what the pilot groups priorities actually are.
Unfortunately, our ACPA leadership whatever their motives, thrive on taking advantage of our "detached" majority. All they have to do is "suggest" a yes on a vote and it passes. Until AC Pilots actually start to really look at, and care about what's happening, nothing will change. Nothing. So why would I waste my time?
I retire soon anyway. The Membership
can't seem to open its eyes to the divisive, concessionary path we are on,
that will not make one fig of difference to the Corps success or failure. It's an issue they will have to contend with with far longer than I. The reprecussions of the path we are on are huge, but you have to care first. I do, but I'm in the minority.
