TWA settlement

[boxjockey]

If this guy truly is an EVP at national, then those who are working under ALPA CBAs are most likely proper f@cked. Really hard to believe that he could be so flippant about an "anonymous" message board. You can't be serious, right?

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[FurloughedAgain]

Former US Air MEC Chairman.

Famous for saying "not one nickel, not one job" just before 1,149 furloughs, jets for jobs, elimination of scope to the extent that an armada of RJs darkened the sky, and the gutting of one of the best contracts in the business.

 

[freightdogfred]

You are out of your mind. ALPA screwed the TWA guys.

True. But in reality it was the APA who screwed the TWA guys. ALPA just saw the source of dues goin away, so why expend resources a lame duck? Classic ALPA, and another classic example of pilots screwing pilots, if given a chance.

 

[twepilot]

I find it disconcerting that PCL is indeed a national representative of ALPA. The lack of tact and professionalism from him makes me wonder just how he was elected? I can't imagine voting for someone like this at even a LEC level, much less for ALPA national. Is PCL an airline rep, or a national rep? If he is national, are they aware of the manner in which he conducts himself on these message boards? We have quite a few ex-TWA pilots at CX, and to a man they are some of the best colleagues we have. I find it reprehensible what happened to them, and your gloating about this "victory" even worse. Someone who knows PCL's identity, please PM it to me. I am going to contact ALPA national if he is indeed a national rep.

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I've been saying the same thing for years after a lot of his comments on our now defunct forum. No traction..Maybe now after his latest comments someone will get things done. Let me know if you need his name.

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[glasspilot1]

But in reality it was the APA who screwed the TWA guys. ALPA just saw the source of dues goin away, so why expend resources a lame duck? Classic ALPA, and another classic example of pilots screwing pilots, if given a chance.

ALPA cared less about losing 2800 TWA dues than GAINING 10,000+ dues by recruiting AA back into the fold! That is why we won in 2011.

 

[HowardBorden]

I find it disconcerting that PCL is indeed a national representative of ALPA. The lack of tact and professionalism from him makes me wonder just how he was elected? I can't imagine voting for someone like this at even a LEC level, much less for ALPA national. Is PCL an airline rep, or a national rep? If he is national, are they aware of the manner in which he conducts himself on these message boards? We have quite a few ex-TWA pilots at CX, and to a man they are some of the best colleagues we have. I find it reprehensible what happened to them, and your gloating about this "victory" even worse. Someone who knows PCL's identity, please PM it to me. I am going to contact ALPA national if he is indeed a national rep.

I can't believe you have a problem with this guy, he's a class act!

We aren't even talking about GK, and yet you see the need to jump in and guzzle some of his cum? Telling.

 

[Bringupthebird]

Former US Air MEC Chairman.

Hmm, I thought he was farther up the ALPA food chain. Probably had plenty of influence for US at the highest levels of ALPA. Wonder what happened...

 

[27 driver]

True. But in reality it was the APA who screwed the TWA guys. ALPA just saw the source of dues goin away, so why expend resources a lame duck? Classic ALPA, and another classic example of pilots screwing pilots, if given a chance.

I suppose you are right. But from the outside looking in it would appear ALPA was working and angle to bring the APA in at the expense of the TWA guys. If being bankrupt means staple.....then all APA pilots should be stapled...right. I mean that's how they saw it a few years ago.

 

[PCL_128]

Hmm, I thought he was farther up the ALPA food chain. Probably had plenty of influence for US at the highest levels of ALPA. Wonder what happened...

Captain Beebe was the AAA MEC Chairman, but then he became the ALPA Vice President - Finance. He was a national officer when USAirways left ALPA.

 

[redflyer65]

That's really funny!

Hey, ALPA Nat'l doesn't seem to care what their people do. Remember, nothing is ever ALPA's "fault", right??

One of the ALPA group Exec VPs is an AT pilot and he was the so-called "brains" of the local outfit. He single handedly brought ALPA to the property back in '09, so everybody knew he was a made guy in Herndon. When AT pilots were trying to figure out what the seniority offer from SWA was all about (cuz our reps would never be straight with us), this EVP was all over our forum declaring his opposition to the SWA seniority deal and advising people that arbitration "never" yields less than DOH or relative seniority, all of which is hooey. I'm sure quite a few AT guys believed this crap simply because he was a made guy from Herndon...instant street cred.

During that time I received from another pilot a circulated email this EVP had written to our MEC reps. He demanded the reps reject the seniority deal that would have given us the ATL fence, the 850 capt seats, the huge SWA pay raise, the furlough protection, etc. He claimed the pilots were not capable of making the decision and insisted the MEC deny us a vote. It worked, and it cost us plenty.

Had it not been for his EVP status no one would have cared what some 717 FO thought. He's still an EVP I guess. Some organization, ALPA.

Yet he's been on here time and time again saying there were no promises of DOH or Relative Seniority. No one believed it.

The two biggest mistakes at ALPA were the TWA gutting and not allowing the AAI pilots to vote on their own fate. Really pathetic on both counts.