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Well then we might be very grateful to our MEC for stockpiling money.
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I wonder if it's stupid, or criminal. Have you ever heard of any entity failing to exhaust the appeals process when $44 million is at stake? The only way I can conceive of such a thing is if said entity intends to lose.
And I sure have never seen older pilots fail to be represented (and represented very well) within the union.
Now... if you're a certain part of ALPA, i.e. the part that controls ALPA, and you want to get a piece of the pie... but you can't put your hand so bluntly in the cookie jar... maybe you have members of a class (of which you happen to be a party) sue the entire organization for failing to properly represent you. Your incentives to defend aggressively are... lessened, aren't they?
I'm not very familiar with this case, and I understand that UAL really butchered the bankruptcy stake distribution, but conjecture and a modicum of logic both tell me something here definitely smells funny. As if losing $44 million straight up wasn't bad enough in and of itself.
And I sure have never seen older pilots fail to be represented (and represented very well) within the union.
Now... if you're a certain part of ALPA, i.e. the part that controls ALPA, and you want to get a piece of the pie... but you can't put your hand so bluntly in the cookie jar... maybe you have members of a class (of which you happen to be a party) sue the entire organization for failing to properly represent you. Your incentives to defend aggressively are... lessened, aren't they?
I'm not very familiar with this case, and I understand that UAL really butchered the bankruptcy stake distribution, but conjecture and a modicum of logic both tell me something here definitely smells funny. As if losing $44 million straight up wasn't bad enough in and of itself.
Pilots Group to Pay $44 Million - WSJ.com
Looks like UAL ALPA is in turn suing UAL. As the lawsuit turns!
Looks like UAL ALPA is in turn suing UAL. As the lawsuit turns!
Anyone else unable to get on the DALPA forum?
I'm getting a new sign in page asking for a "user name". Went back to the home page, couldn't find any way to set one up.
I'm getting a new sign in page asking for a "user name". Went back to the home page, couldn't find any way to set one up.
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The appeals process referenced in the article was for members of the class to "opt out" and protest the settlement. To put the settlement in context, it's $44 million out of a $537 million distribution. I'm fairly certain ALPA was indemnified by UAUA in their contract, so it will be interesting to see how this settlement vice a verdict will be viewed by the court during the follow-on repayment squabble.
Pilots Group to Pay $44 Million - WSJ.com
Looks like UAL ALPA is in turn suing UAL. As the lawsuit turns!
Looks like UAL ALPA is in turn suing UAL. As the lawsuit turns!
Oh what a mess.......
Where is Alfaromeo? I'm looking forward to his defense of the Union....
Actually, surprised this many posts have gone by without his immediate put down of such talk...
Actually, surprised this many posts have gone by without his immediate put down of such talk...
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