TWA Lawsuit

[scoreboardII]

Ethically, you can't say in good faith because of events 10 years ago, you expect a massive payout from all current and future airline pilots in ALPA. cool.

Yes, ethically, morally, legally you can expect that all current members of the class will pay for the award soon to be announced. It's the law.

 

[redflyer65]

ALPA national will be responsible for the payout. Just like if a large company had been sued, and lost. If employees and the CEO left in the meantime, then so be it. The money will still come out of the company's (or in this case ALPA's) coffers.

It isn't a ruling against Worth directly(as in a individual lawsuit), just against the organization. I hope the award is substantial. They screwed the pooch on this one.

 

[scoreboardII]

I hope the award is extreme, look at the legislation this debacle created.

 

[filejw]

The damages should come in around 700-800 million depending on the jury . Alpa really screwed up on this one. First by screwing the twa pilots then by not settleling out of court. This will fundementally change alpa which needs to be done especially alpa national which is broke. This is the legacy of Duane Worth who now works a cushy obama appointed government job.

True it will just send them to bankruptcy court if the award is much over what ever ALPA 's insurance pays. Couple buildings and some office stuff is all ALPA really owns that could be sold . You can't get blood from a rock as they say. Individual members are not responsible.

 

[XTW]

It isn't a ruling against Worth directly(as in a individual lawsuit), just against the organization. I hope the award is substantial. They screwed the pooch on this one.

You know, it was a wonderful sight being there in the courtroom when Duane Worthless was being cross examined. He was arrogant, short, and disrespectful towards the plaintiff's lawyers, judge and jury. He was visibly uneasy as he waited out a couple of sidebar conversations and would not look at anyone in the courtroom. His performance gave me the warm fuzzies on the future outcome of the lawsuit.


EXTW

 

[Tomct]

Hopefully they can put ALPO out of business!! Payback is a b---h!!

 

[Luv2BFlyin]

I hope the award is extreme, look at the legislation this debacle created.

Yeah, that legislation sucks doesn't. I'd hate to be bound by it.

 

[scoreboardII]

name one other industry saddled with taking employee's with assets, just one?

I'm waiting.

This whole debacle should have been settled as it eventually was, in the courts, not by legislative meddling into free enterprise operations.

 

[Turtle21]

My crocodile tears for ALPA and Dooooain are pooring down my cheeks.

 

[Raoul Duke]

The thought of all the mustache wax that will go unpurchased by ALPA leadership in the lean times ahead is simply heartbreaking.

 

[Devil Dawg]

heard today that the award is 1.2b. I can't verify this. does anyone have any info on this?

 

[Dizel8]

Hopefully they can put ALPO out of business!! Payback is a b---h!!

And then what, would the profession be better off?

 

[PCL_128]

heard today that the award is 1.2b. I can't verify this. does anyone have any info on this?

The phase of the process to determine the amount of financial liability (if any) hasn't even begun yet. There is another completely separate trial for that.

 

[JohnQ]

You bitter TWA guys kill me. For starters, the guys who really screwed you were the APA, but not a hint of criticism is leveled at them. I remember when the TWA acquisition was first announced, and a couple of AA buddies told me point blank "we're gonna staple the whole lot of them."

But ALPA is the bad guy.

Then, a while after the screw-job was officially implemented (I agree you guys got hosed, but there seems to be multiple parties to that sad end result) I was on a hotel van with an AA-but-former-TWA crew. I asked one of the F/As if the pilots got hosed as bad as it seemed (her husband was a pilot). Her answer was "Yes, but my husband was former Ozark, and all that American pilots did was the exact same thing that TWA guys did to the Ozark pilots, so what comes around goes around."

Is that all correct?

 

[steveg]

No, that is not correct.