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Hmmm, I work @ TULE and all these so called facts (rocket science) are news too me... Line mechs vs OH mechs..lmao..never ceases to amase me the comedy I read from people playing the blame game. One day it's the TWU's fault..next it's TWA's....It's the line guys...it's OH guys...oh wait it's TULE's now..pffffff. Make up your minds or look in the mirror at whose fault it really is. Bob, Ken, Dave and a handful of others on here actually are in the thick of things trying to make a change...while others sit behind their keyboards trying to change the world by posting BS that they think must be true. The way I read it is a handful of dumb @ss's from TULE think one way so blame everyone @ TULE cause they all must be that way ? Ignorant
If the "Dave" you are making reference to is me then take note:
I am no longer trying to make any change. I have seen enough selfish, blame callers, to know that it really makes NO DIFFERENCE anymore, I am done standing beside back stabbers and have no reason to attempt change. The real change that is required within this Union and even the Profession as a whole will take at least twice the amount of time I have left on the payroll. After bitching about the "I got mine, Brother" and the overpaid appointee sellout crowd while bearing witness to no consesus of direction, no defined enemy, no path of success, I conceded sometime back. The enemy appears to vary depending on who you are talking with at any give time. And given the change of enemy for many I am convinced that the truth is we are weak as a group and this is due to a very wrongfully placed idea that the enemy is anyone other than our weak individual selves. The group will always only be as strong as the indivduals that make up the group. There is always someone or something else to blame. This appears to be a staple of liberal thinking and since most union leaders are liberals, that character flaw has now been passed on and is learned behavior by every union member. Thus we see nothing more than weak blamers and no more unionism as it was founded.
Me personally, I would be satisifed to just be able to keep what I have and keep it long enough to just leave. Now the chest pounding save the profession pretenders have cost me early retirement medical while playing a game of chicken with nothing more than a bluff. It is not anyone elses fault, it is not something elses fault, it is each and every one of us as individuals in one way or another that is too blame. Each of us has ownership of our own blame. But since that is too hard to admit, we pay 2 hours pay per month to blame and point the finger at someone else. Some of us have done more than others to attempt change, but a campaign of fear by TWU scared the cowards into status quo unionism. Now the TWU with their enlisted bunch of cowards runs full steam for the cliff on nothing more than a bluff and a hope.
I predict the bluff will be called soon, and in the end, we end up with an even weaker union and a worse agreement than the failed T/A.
Just look at the example of change seekers. At one time, we were seeking change with a union that has the wonderful idea of placing all AMT's in one union and negotiating experience recognition. This is still the best idea never tried. But now change seekers want to isolate ourselves into an independent union using the Pilots and Flight Attendants as the example. Well guess what? The Pilots and the Flight Attendants do not have overhaul bases facing global competition and to my knowledge do not publicly have one union group bashing another union group. The idea of Mr. O.V. Delle-Femine has still never been tried because the AA/TWU supporting cowards were afraid of change and when the dust all settles history will say Delle-Femine was right and that we should have gone that direction long ago. But the true democratic nature of the AMFA Constitution allowed a group chest pounding and emotionally angry thrill seekers to be taken to the mat and the whole movement destroyed because that group got selfish and failed to remain focused on the goal of making the whole profession stronger before attempting such a major battle. Once they won the smaller battles against the AFL-CIO, The IAM, and NMB they falsely felt unbeatable up against NWA the second time around and became easy and over confident targets. Admirable group in AMT history but a mistake that will go down in history as to how the best idea and the only idea that would have changed things for the better was permanently squashed. Not to mention that group was 10 times stronger than what we have with the TWU/AA boot licking membership and the appointed leadership of the TWU.
Change What? Instead of change, most of you should be focusing on salvaging what little is left over from the stronger union days of a regluated industry. Just look at the TWU and place de-regluation of the airline industry as the turning point. Then enlist the only accurate slogan I have heard since being a TWU member. And that Quote is this:
TWU - 40 Years Strong - 30 Years Wrong!