CPdude
I was the same last time. I was going to vote NO cause I was angry. I ended up voting Yes as I thought fallback hurts me more than it hurts CX!
jtr
I am not sure of the timeline as I wasnt on GC and was just gettting on with life...but...MAG won his case. Then we had RP04 which effectively bypassed the win(my layman's terms!). Apparently we cannot use his case...we have to start a new one. Not sure why but thats what the legal types say.
So if we end up with either version of RP07 we have CONTRACTUAL protection in the future(albeit, not the best RPs ever, but better than what we had from 1994-2001). If both votes fail, then there are 3 ways out of fallback position: 1 we come to another agreement with CX(RP08/09 etc); 2 we take them to court and find out the answer to the 1996 question...are RPs policy or contractual (this court case has to be started from scratch); 3 neither side agrees to anything, the court case is ongoing and in 4 years our RPs become AFTLS only!
It isn't the end of the world if we end up in the fallback, but it does leave us in rostering limbo. I have heard that MAG has said that fallback was just put in there for the sake of having an alternative. It was never seriously contemplated as an option.
Like many here I don't think RP07 is that great...I have had my best and WORST rosters under RP04. But, in my opinion, it is better than the alternative...non contractual RPs.
The important thing is that everyone vote, even if it is to abstain. I do respect that there are different views on this issue. Its good to get all the pros and cons out there so we can all make informed decisions. I personally don't believe it will bother CX if we go to fallback.
Hey Titan 404...whats your view on this...I can't remember if we talked about it when we flew together.