Zero independent though, ChatGPT talking points mirrored by two failed “brothers” including Navarro…
How dare the establishment be challenged?!?
Grab your popcorn brothers and sisters, this is a great one.
Taken from their last email this morning. They hit the nail on the head. Nothing has been accomplished the last 2 years while National cowers in fear. Fear of something that CANNOT happen.
Yacht Boy’s video yesterday is another chapter in the 2.8% saga. It goes to show that over the last 6 months NO AGREEMENT was really being finalized and that all of his eggs were in the basket of “behind the scenes” negotiations that Bedford still claimed he waited for Yacht Boy to attend.
National died on the sword of collaboration.
What is the next move in the “trust me bro” movement?
I was within earshot (okay eavesdropped) of SB yesterday and he engaged A4A President Sununu about pilot pay in comparison to ATC pay. SB told him that “we’ve seen pilot pay sky rocket with new record-setting contracts every couple years while we are operating under a 10 year old contract.” He told him that further erodes morale as we know nothing moves without us, yet we can’t even get 2.8%.
The biggest thing SB said was “I know you guys don’t support any tax on airline tickets, but we need a way to fund significant raises for controllers.”
From what I saw and heard Sununu did nod and seemed to acknowledge it but past that I had to keep on.
SB did what he said he would, say “Pay.” Perhaps the opening moves of dialogue?
4 minutes 47 seconds. Worth your time.
Minute 48, but start at minute 47.
For months, the NEB told us to “trust the process” and claimed they were “working behind the scenes.” Yet MULTIPLE highly placed sources tell us for 3 months REPS AND THE NLC WERE TOLD TO STAND DOWN on engaging congress for the 2.8% because the NEB did not want to compromise Yacht Boy negotiating with Bedford/Duffy.
If the NEB was working with Congress for this inevitably, why did they say they were negotiating and close to an MOU for it?
Yacht Boy and “Screaming” Dean's tactics just failed in public. For months the membership begged NATCA national to act, and national chose silence. Then one reporter, in one week, did what our elected leadership refused to do, and it got results. Now Yacht Boy and “Screaming” Dean are scrambling to rewrite the story and claim credit for a letter they did nothing to produce.
Another perfect example of tired and failed leadership that leads to damage control from two men who were outworked by a journalist.
SB called out the actual legal question instead of pretending EO 14251 is an automatic death sentence for FAA bargaining.
This “royal flush” rhetoric is great for the Facebook crowd, but it isn’t a legit analysis.
FAA has Title 49 bargaining obligations that do not magically disappear because “someone” points at Chapter 71, and the administration has not even exercised the delegated exclusion authority against FAA.
If our leadership is so certain we can’t negotiate, then explain why 49 USC §40122 exists and why they are so afraid to let US decide.
Risk is not the same thing as defeat, and uncertainty is not a reason to surrender before the fight even starts.
Yacht docked at BUF today, empty-handed and without hope.
Nothing new, only 7ish controllers there due to no announcement, no one really cared what they had say, and were even surprised they didnt bring any food.
Clearly the Yacht is running on empty and no fuel is to be found.
How did it go on the other side of the country?
TLDR: No Change on a raise that does not keep pace with inflation.
Private Citizen entry pending
Double bookings in OKC to talk to trainees, increased secrecy, NEB closing ranks to protect the institution that is rotten at its core.
Rapid planning to try and “Save CFS” from becoming an open rebellion against the institution.
National wants us to feed us peanuts to keep our minds off their failings and distract us will “pitiful victories.”
Reject the System.
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