Bye Bye Woerthless

[bearcat]

Duane is outta here...Prater wins ALPA president. Ahhhhhh.....Can't say relief yet, but well over due for a change of command!
-W-

Woerth loses North American pilots' union election

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WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The largest airline pilots' union in North America elected a new president on Wednesday by a narrow margin as members signaled unhappiness with steep concessions and lost pensions at big carriers.
Duane Woerth's bid for a third term as chief of the Air Line Pilots Association was upended by John Prater, a Continental Airlines (CAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) captain.
Prater won by 920 votes out of 47,968 ballots cast by commercial pilots, the union said.
More than half of Woerth's tenure coincided with the industry's most tumultuous period -- the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the financial collapse of some of the biggest airlines in subsequent years.

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Woerth and the union helped to develop unprecedented cockpit and other security changes and lobbied for the multi- billion dollar aid package approved by Congress in late 2001.
But the disintegration of industry leading contracts and pension deals, as well as wholesale reductions in airline operations during bankruptcies at US Airways Group Inc. (LCC.N: Quote, Profile, Research), UAL Corp.'s (UAUA.O: Quote, Profile, Research) United Airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc. (DALRQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) and Northwest Airlines Corp. (NWACQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) provided a strong platform for Prater.
"After five years of concessionary bargaining, lost pensions, and battered work rules, our pilots are primed to take offensive action," Prater said in a statement.
"This may mean a return to the hard-nosed tactics of earlier years and a grassroots mobilization of each and every one of our members."
Woerth, a former board member at Northwest, was not available for comment. He was first elected president of the labor group in 1998, running unopposed.

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[xanderman]

Yes!!!!

Prater will be a great fit. He'll do right by us lowly line scum. For the first time in a long time I'm actually excited about ALPA.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Oh GOOD GOD.........now Duane will have to go (GASP).....Fly the Line.....

Even better is his paycut back to (OMIGOD).....NWA 747 Capt. Pay.....

A very proud day at ALPA indeed.........

 

[Singlecoil]

No, Duane will go straight to work for Eclat consulting, working against pilots and for management just like Babbit.

 

[FoxHunter]

Oh GOOD GOD.........now Duane will have to go (GASP).....Fly the Line.....

Even better is his paycut back to (OMIGOD).....NWA 747 Capt. Pay.....

A very proud day at ALPA indeed.........

Jeez, I believe Duanne has reached that magic age of 60. With luck Congress may save him, the way it should be.

 

[thebest]

What did this guy do before now? Has he just been a pilot? THEBEST

 

[Uniform Shop]

Hired by Continental in January 1978, he flew as a B727 Second Officer and First Officer in Houston, Denver and the Air Micronesia Pacific operation. Following Lorenzo’s takeover of Continental he served as the ALPA Guam S/O Rep until furloughed in May 1983. While furloughed, he attended the University of Chengchi in Taipei continuing MBA studies begun at Arizona State and University of Guam.

Recalled to Continental he returned to flying from Houston 23 days before CAL Bankruptcy I. Seven days later the MEC voted to strike and Prater was appointed by the MEC to set up nation wide picketing. John was elected as the MEC Secretary Treasurer a few months into the strike. He was appointed by President Duffy as the Association’s AFL-CIO Labor Coordinator to develop union support in the fight against Lorenzo and lobby for a change to bankruptcy laws. While new bankruptcy laws were passed, Continental was exempted and the strike continued.

In 1984, Captain Prater accepted a part time job along with 78 other CAL strikers as instructors at the United Denver Training Center. Many of the United 570 were trained and introduced to ALPA and the need for strikes by Continental pilots. When United pilots struck, Prater along with the other CAL pilots honored their strike and were subsequently fired by United. Captain Prater has been quoted many times that “while ALPA’s bank account may have been nearly depleted, 1985 was a high water mark for ALPA Unity and Strength”. Following the United strike, ALPA membership support for the Continental strike became stronger than ever.

1n 1985 during the strike, Prater was elected as S/O Rep for Houston. The CAL strike ended on Halloween 1985 in a Biloxi bankruptcy court. Following a year as the Director of Training for upstart McClain Air, in 1986 he returned to Continental in seniority order with ALPA no longer their Union.

 

[Sig]

now Duane will have to go (GASP).....Fly the Line.

Issue a NOTAM.

"Well, we could argue that takeoff EPR has actually been acheived, but I remain skeptical that we, as a unified flight crew, have actually realized the full potential of these engines. I submit that we table a motion for referendum via memo. All in favor? Also, I'd like to add a strongly worded rider to said memo about MANPADS. Let's put it to a vote..."

 

[Caveman]

Ding, dong, the witch is dead, the wicked witch is dead.....

Good riddance.

 

[JP4user]

I notice how quiet Rez...sorry slip of the tounge, Duane is.