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Why can't you guys get payroll deduct for assessments? Does the company refuse to allow it?
 
Why can't you guys get payroll deduct for assessments? Does the company refuse to allow it?

ALPA is the one who wouldn't do it. Not the company. In fact, ALPA told me on the phone today that they can only "estimate" the amount due...I told them I would "estimate" the amount I would pay....

Care to try and defend any of the other mistakes made by ALPA on this assessment?
 
ALPA is the one who wouldn't do it. Not the company. In fact, ALPA told me on the phone today that they can only "estimate" the amount due...I told them I would "estimate" the amount I would pay....

Care to try and defend any of the other mistakes made by ALPA on this assessment?

I don't know any of the details at all, so I certainly won't try to defend it. I will say that if your local MEC doesn't like ACO, it really is a local thing. The guys at National prefer to have ACO, DCO, ICO, and PCO. Makes everything a hell of a lot easier.
 
The ALPA assessment at ASA has caused over 300 pilots to go into bad standing. ALPA is threatening to have these pilots fired by the end of August. The problem is, the accounting is all dorked up and the amounts are wrong. In addition, ALPA doesn't even have up to date records on who owes the assessment. Pilots on military leave, medical leave, and even pilots who left the company have received the letters.

Can you imagine the PR when ALPA tries to fire hundreds of it's own members....It's no wonder Skywest doesn't want ALPA....

How much was the assessment?

I think is pretty much standard that any union can get a member fired for not paying dues. Imagine if there were not consequences for not paying dues. People wouldn't pay and it would be a mess.

Scott
 
The ALPA assessment at ASA has caused over 300 pilots to go into bad standing. ALPA is threatening to have these pilots fired by the end of August. The problem is, the accounting is all dorked up and the amounts are wrong. In addition, ALPA doesn't even have up to date records on who owes the assessment. Pilots on military leave, medical leave, and even pilots who left the company have received the letters.

Can you imagine the PR when ALPA tries to fire hundreds of it's own members....It's no wonder Skywest doesn't want ALPA....
When Comair ALPA tried this, they went to the company with a list (just after the company announced furloughs) The comapny actually said are sure you want us to havethe power to fire roughly the same amount of pilots we want to furlough? The union took the list back the next day. ALPA is and always will be run by the weak and stupid, the people who are right for the positions are people already using their free time else where
 
He went to SWA in June of 2008 and was in my ASA newhire class...He showed me the letter when I was at his house. He asked me what to do about....I said, just ignore it.


I would LOVE to see a letter like that. It is kinda like all the fake agreements that you and LJ circulated a while back?

(Remember? The 100-seat pay rates that mainline agreed to?) I haven't seen a single 100 seater at mainline yet.
 
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I would LOVE to see a letter like that. It is kinda like all the fake agreements that you and LJ circulated a while back?

(Remember? The 100-seat pay rates that mainline agreed to?) I haven't seen a single 100 seater at mainline yet.

What are you talking about? Mainline has a 70 seat rate. They don't have the aircraft...What "fake" agreements are you talking about?
 

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