JohnQ said:So "they" decided that anyone who flew OT would have his name put on a bulletin board (funny how "they" never signed their OWN f'ing names next to it...the spineless wimps), flight kit stolen, etc. You know--real honorable stuff.
How can putting a notice on a bulletin board possilbly be a violation of the Railway Act? It called freedom of Speech, allegedly the backbone of Western Civilization.
The bulletin board is no different than a listing of sex-offenders. No one is telling them what to do, or what not to do, they are just being exposed for the selfish creeps that they are.
The company finally sued ALPA for not taking specific action to prevent these guy from harassing other guys who were flying under the contract.
Give me the names of all the pilots who were fired for harassment over the alleged no green slip campaign.
Give me the names of all the pilots who were fired for the stealing of flight kits during this time frame.
This was not a lawsuit to "force" guys to fly overtime. It was to prevent the harassment by the group of knuckleheads who thought that they somehow had the right to tell others what they could or could not contractually do, all without any sanction from the MEC.
This is not what was stated in the lawsuit by Delta themselves in the 11st Circuit Court of Appeals filed on 18 Jan 2005 on page 4. I quote "Delta relies upon many of the pilots choosing to work this open time to fufill its scheduled flights. If all of Delta's pilots were to refuse to pick up additional flights and refuse overtime, Delta would not be able to operate its full complement of flights."
Delta wanted nothing more than making voluntary overtime mandatory.