Noip,
Several years ago we attempted to negotiate with QF FLT OPS management an avenue for the regional pilots to have a career path who were facing redundancy after 9/11. Unfortunately resistance was found within AIPA and not management. The response at the time was" Sort it out with them, then approach us".
Your defence regarding the past president is true, however, as members there was never a motion passed to tackle this issue. If the vast majority of members were concerned there would have been an agenda placed on the table of the AIPA committee.
The reality was and still is that the vast majority of members were not concerned for the welfare of the subsidiary pilots. The concern has only arisen through the reality that mainline career advancement is evaporating rapidly.
You as a member back then were accountable for the actions of the president.
Keg,
The problem with past events are that they have an irreversible effect on the future. You can't sweep history under the carpet and expect to start afresh to confront the brave new industrial world. What has occured can be paralleled to the 'beaten dog syndrome'.
Whether it was yesterday or a decade ago, people have long memories and there are still people within your organisation who orchestrated these past events.
Last edited by KABOY; 1st Feb 2007 at 07:27.
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