P. REZ said:
Tim,
I am not going to get into a political battle. I do have a grasp on issues confronting employees in this industry as I stated several pages back. And, I know when I see a B.S. proposal from the Company. As for my focus, I will admit it has been 100% on US. We need an effing contract from this cheap, greedy airline. If an employee for UA, SW or any other airline were to ask me for help I would help.
P. Rez
Prez, you engaged me. Told me you don't trust me and then asked me for my ideas. Obviously, I have no reason to trust you as well. So now that that is out of the way, I told you one of my ideas and you bust my balls on it and label it political? Don't ask me for my ideas any more. But there is nothing political about suggesting that you really should redouble your efforts by reading the United TA and getting a fresh perspective as you apply it to the actions happening today. Then, my idea for you to use it as a life application to our membership by informing the membership how tossing away part time caps will necessarily have management 'pounce' on hundreds and thousands of full timers. I don't think a UPS style contract with 80% part time is what our membership wants but it is the exact sorta thing that management wants. And it isn't a bad idea to consider what Kev said in a couple post ago. Do I have any unseen idea? Any earth shattering perspective I can give you? Nope. At this point, you guys are saying all the right things, things that I support. I'm not saying I can predict the future 100% but I don't think you guys are going to do what you say. I've seen this tape before. Again, not saying I'm right, but if you can't even answer a question about the United contract then that tells me you are a bought man by Delaney.
Oh, one last thing, will you support a TA at US AIRWAYS that lessons the part time cap? Yes or No? Simple enough, yes?
And I thought you were your own man?? Can you not answer a simple question, do you or do you not support the UA contract? It's actually a very important question coming from someone you are representing since it gives me a better perspective on your ideas and what to expect.
To be sure, yes, I admit I don't trust you. I think you are a nice guy, but I don't trust you either. Am I biased? Of course, since the eboard said all the right things and did all the wrong things at United. Yes, that makes me biased. I really hope you surprise us though.