TWA pilot lawsuit

[RedDogC130]

A union is made up of elected pilots from your own company so be it swapa or alpa they are no better than those who chose to get involved.
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Is it true that members of all alpa carrier do not vote for their mec chair just their lec positions. I was under the understanding that the lec then appoints the mec chairman is this correct?

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[Full of LUV]

Is it true that members of all alpa carrier do not vote for their mec chair just their lec positions. I was under the understanding that the lec then appoints the mec chairman is this correct?

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That would make sense wouldn't it, otherwise, one large base would always rule them all....
Sort of like the electoral college. It's a representative democracy.

 

[Full of LUV]

The sharks are indeed alpo National, and no, I am not running a fools errand putting the blame squarely on alpo. That is precisely where it belongs and that is why the lawsuit against them has not been thrown out of court. Take your own advice and get educated. This is unbelievable. I give up.

I truly hope that you can one day find some inner peace. You were probably a real peach to fly with in an APA cockpit. Lord knows you hold some venom for ALPA. Please see your doc prior to the AAI SLI results, as that may actually push you over the edge.
You are correct, the court will hear the arguments and rule. I hope you can enjoy your life if things don't go your way.

 

[dicko]

Juan Trippe? And all this time I thought he ran Pan Am.

Your right.

Lindbergh was a special adviser to Juan Trippe for PanAm in the 60's. I reversed it.

I'm sure TWA was mentioned once .... Over dinner .... maybe ? :0

I ate a lead pencil when I was four. Never been the same.

 

[stlflyguy]

The final pretrial conference is scheduled for February 8th. At this conference the trial date should be given which could be by March.

March works for me....

 

[Turtle21]

.. A union is made up of elected pilots from your own company so be it swapa or alpa they are no better than those who chose to get involved. ..

That's the most profitable lie ALPA ever sold. They thought it was really cool until we actually got involved and voted their bloated a$$e$ off the property.

You ought to try membership ratification. It's a union thing, unless your ALPO.

 

[TWA Dude]

Trial date set for June 6.

 

[Kharma Police]

Trial date set for June 6.

It's the D-Day anniversary.

"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have
striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you."

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

In all seriousness, what do y'all expect to win?

 

[stlflyguy]

Everything.

 

[charlie2]

Everything.

I hope you win half and our former Mid Atlantic guys win the other!

 

[A350]

ALPA is not a union....it is an Association.

A350

 

[ZeroThRUST]

As part of the deal to get rid of Carl Icahn, the TWA MEC Chairman, Bill Compton, got a seat on the TWA Board of Directors. Within a few years, he somehow transforms and becomes the COO of the 'new' TWA. Before long thereafter, the deal with AA is announced.

Might there be a perceived or, is it real, conflict here?

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

Again, what do you think you deserve and what do you think you will get? If you are awarded a large settlement that insurance won't cover, do you think the membership will pay an assessment? You know and I know that ain't gonna happen. The regionals don't cover their own costs and the Ual, Dal, and Fdx pilots sure as hell ain't gonna pay. We will decertify overnight. If the goal is to break ALPA that is great. The big payers/players will reorganize without the leeches and start a new mainline union. All and all better for the mainlines.

Everything.

 

[stlflyguy]

Again, what do you think you deserve and what do you think you will get? If you are awarded a large settlement that insurance won't cover, do you think the membership will pay an assessment? You know and I know that ain't gonna happen. The regionals don't cover their own costs and the Ual, Dal, and Fdx pilots sure as hell ain't gonna pay. We will decertify overnight. If the goal is to break ALPA that is great. The big payers/players will reorganize without the leeches and start a new mainline union. All and all better for the mainlines.

Yep, quite a conundrum for ALPA and the membership. Maybe they'll cut their losses somehow, someway. Why don't you ask ALPA how they've let it come this far? Or will you just blindly let your dues increase based on an "increased cost of doing business?"

 

[magrs]

I seem to remeber "covering" the Comair guys when they went on strike. $100-$300 per month as I remember. So what did that get me? I and every othe ALPA guy paid the asessment for several months if I recall. They will assess and you will pay!

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

Don't count on it.

I seem to remeber "covering" the Comair guys when they went on strike. $100-$300 per month as I remember. So what did that get me? I and every othe ALPA guy paid the asessment for several months if I recall. They will assess and you will pay!

 

[glasspilot1]

I seem to remeber "covering" the Comair guys when they went on strike. $100-$300 per month as I remember. So what did that get me? I and every othe ALPA guy paid the asessment for several months if I recall. They will assess and you will pay!

As a former Comair pilot I not only supported their strike but sent in extra for their "family" fund they had set up. How many pilots in the last decade or two have backed up tuff talk with their feet? How many Regional guys? That's right, none. In retrospect they didn't gain a lot for their efforts and whatever they gained is gone now. But they did what a lot of us will never have to do.

Management learned a lot from the Comair strike; never have just one regional "partner" feed your hubs. Now CVG has, what, 3 or 4 feeders? So now a strike wouldn't work because you'd just "fill in" from the other regional's.