what the hell "sapa"

[CoAlpha]

so our pres of sapa says no meeting and some clown, says meeting in on. jesus these guys really dont understand that if this is kept up they might have to go back to flying the line.

 

[WateryGrave]

so our pres of sapa says no meeting and some clown, says meeting in on. jesus these guys really dont understand that if this is kept up they might have to go back to flying the line.

Care to take another stab at that one???

 

[CoAlpha]

Care to take another stab at that one???

if you were in the know you would know what i was talking about, so no. there is no reason for "another stab" needed.

take care

 

[XPOO]

CoAlpha,

I'm no biologist, but you look to be a sloth. If that's the case, don't worry, no one expected you to get off your lazy ass in the first place and go through the proper channels to finding the answer to your question.

 

[No.W.]

There are no good answers to his question.

 

[Weasil]

I have to agree with coalpha,

"What the hell SAPA?"

The pilots of Skywest recently elected a new President to our "association". After the management installed, non-line pilot (no medical) secretary (who depends on sapa for an income) testified in court that he thinks he is the administrative head of SAPA, the duly elected President sent out a letter to the pilots saying that this had happened, and that the next SAPA meeting is cancelled. Well 9 of the SAPA board have decided to go ahead with the meeting anyway while 10 are standing by the President (at least that's how it looks right now).

There are threats of recalls of these reps, and a poll on the sapa website shows overwhelming support for a recall election. This is getting very interesting.

 

[BoilerUP]

Recalling what reps? The ones standing with the President, or the "company men"?

 

[Ben Dover]

class action lawsuit?

So here's what I'm wondering. If/when the court rules that SAPA is illegal, isn't the next logical step for someone (OC or some other disaffected pilot)to file a class action lawsuit for back pay?

Think about it, if the court rules against the existence of SAPA then isn't it basically saying management has been negotiating with ITSELF all of these years rather than negotiating with the pilots.

 

[Bluto]

The recent pay vote fiasco is clear evidence that any "negotiations" between mgmt. and the pilot group were simply a show. When the pilot group refused a ridiculous pay proposal, mgmt simply stopped negotiations and moved on.

 

[Steveair]

I found it interesting ALPA is suing to suspend the SAPA program. Pretty dirty trick. Take away all representation so pilot's are forced to vote in ALPA. Great organization there... nice to see they're trying to screw us already.