thank you for understanding N903AW. the humaniods at the table for the east seem not to be listening to the east members. we are hearing concession trading going on. sounds like a negative vote to many of us.....maybe some new blood at the table for the east will bring us back the improvements we deserve for living under this horrendous contract.
You can't get rid of Mike Flores on the JNC unless he's recalled as an MECP. According to AFA bylaws the MECP of an airline automatically is on their negotiation committee. Now on the other hand, Carol Austin was voted on the team in 2005, however it took about 32 round with the MEC cause we just didn't want her there anymore. She was pretty much running renegade on us with the company and we had to call her on the carpet quite a few times in 2005 as she was having discussions with the company without the presence of the MECP at that time. So, we were done with her "comforability" with management. We just didn't have enough rollcall votes with those members of the MEC (PIT, LGA, BOS, CLT) who wanted her OUT during that time period. With the closing of 3 of the 6 bases whose presidents were fighters and true advocates for the f/a group are now gone, you have 3 base presidents left that make up the voting members of the MEC, and only CLT whose numbers can't beat PHL and DCA who align together, so CLT ends up giving in, specifically because Mike F. is in her base intimidating her.
This is why I think there needs to be a cleaning house in all bases of their entire administation. Glenda T. in CLT was once a base manager, she should not be representing the f/as in CLT as a union rep. Nor should she ever have been elected to system board for all the years she had. That was because the current and previous presidents of the base kept pushing the MEC to vote her in. I never gave her one vote. She is too close to the company on those levels she previously worked and I have no idea why CLT f/as put up with this...
But back to the main topic...both Carol and Mike need to go, Carol for sure as the first order of union business. She hasn't flown in probably upwards of 8-10 years now. Hasn't had to work under the concessionary contracts as she has been paid from AFA to do the f/a pairings and negotiations. She is fast approaching 70 years old and collects from AFA 105 International, PBGC Retirement systems and Social Security. She has NO incentive or interest in what f/as fly or what they want or need, and doesn't care at all what the reserve systems looks like or that it literally is slavery.
You need people on this team, one reserve and one senior who have been flying for years and years under these concessionary contracts. These are the people who instinctively know the problems and issues and where improvements can be made. These folks then can bring proposals to the MEC for their review and consent.
The problem here is that the current Eastt MEC doesn't want to micromanage the neg. committee (cause they CAN make a motion to make the committee come and discuss every proposal or discussions they have with the company after every meeting via conference call), but PHL, DCA, CLT are either too lazy to bother or they just don't understand the process. McCorkey has the most f/as for now in his base and his the LEAST knowledge, experience and understanding of how this process works as he has never been on any AFA committee previous to his election in PHL. And he still can't negotiate anything unless its fed to him by Mike F.