73belair said:Does that mean that ALPA can't "suggest" that you keep your vacation?
That's exactly what it means. ALPA cannot make any suggestion whatsoever of an organized denial of vacation buy-backs. The best the Association can do is keep quiet on the matter. Any suggestion that you keep your vacation will most certainly lead to a lawsuit being filed by ASA. ALPA is very careful about these things. The APA learned a big lesson with their sick-out, and ALPA is determined to avoid suffering the same fate. The union simply doesn't have the money sitting around to absorb such huge financial penalties.