Don't get your hopes up about our ALAEA President. I also saw him in the canteen and also thought that there must be some high level discussions.
I asked him if that was was why he was in town but alas no!! He was simply here for 747-400 Maintenance Authority P.C.T.
I said it must be time to at least talk of some form of action with the rumoured restructure to heavy maint. His reply was " have you heard of the new IR laws" . I realised that no meaningful information would be forthcoming from him and he quickly tired of the subject of our conversation.
I am 100% behind the HM guys but don't expect much from our president- he's too busy doing P.C.T. training.
Hotdog- its nice that you remain interested in you retirement but try and sympathise with those families who will lose their livelyhoods if there is any redundancies before you post.
Mr Q your ,loyalty to the executive is admirable but I feel somewhat misplaced.