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I just read Schoppaul's message for BPR Chairman. I'd like to see him shake things up a bit. If we can't send Sheriff Joe out there, let's send Dave. 😉prechilill said:
From David Schoppaul, candidate for Phoenix BPR Chairman:
Fellow pilots,
Some would like us all to believe the NIC will NOT be implemented as we thought post-MOU (Memorandum Of Understanding); however, the SLI (seniority list integration) dispute is NOT over although it is true the honorable Judge Silver has made decisions that will continue the delay of its implementation. While the decisions are not what we wanted to hear, they are NOT detrimental to our cause. I have strong faith in our system and trust that we will still prevail. That said, it will require effort, leadership, and perseverance while we work through the process of an appeal to the 9th circuit, a joint CBA (collective bargaining agreement), and McCaskill Bond arbitration, etc.
It is vitally important that we continue to remain unified and supportive of each other, and that includes financial support of Leonidas LLC. It also includes VOTING for leadership with the fortitude to utilize tools that were designed to assist and protect labor's rank and file from the devastating effects of organized crime within unions. Utilizing those tools will require more than just legal action: It will require a total grass roots movement!
Our rights are protected under Federal law and the Constitution. It is up to us to use these rights, otherwise they will be forfeited and the current activity and culture that has done us so much harm will prevail and prosper, ultimately leading to career and corporate devastation as history has shown time and again.
My plan is as follows:
Establish an electronic phone tree in order to build our numbers in VDR (Visual Display Of Resolve) deployments that are known to increase the probability model of "Get out the VOTE" etc. Over the last six years, Phoenix hasn't had one VDR outside of Leonidas' activities.
VDR directives such as (but not limited to) petitioning the DOL (Department of Labor) and the OLMS (Office of Labor Management Standards) to investigate accounting anomalies and questionable accounting practices.
Exercise LMRDA (Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act) rights including the right to a forensic accounting of USAPA's books. I will lobby for an experienced CPA fraud investigator.
Initiate resolve demonstrations such as PPP (Picket, Petition and Protest) in numbers when it is critical to impact the probability model in our favor.
Use volunteer recruitment and support which are the very backbone of union success.
Establish a "think tank" of proven talent within our ranks and NOT allow emotions to steer our debates. We need clear, honest, and open strategies that are professional and proven. All options are open for debate except any unprofessional or mischievous conduct that negatively impacts our passengers and our new company. Our success depends on a healthy productive culture. I was trained by Delta Airlines Strike Preparedness Committee and can provide statistical data that supports this concept.
My background and accomplishments include:
1989 "Real" Eastern Air Lines striking pilot with SPC and FA volunteer experience.
C-62 Strike Preparedness Committee.
First USAPA Presidential candidate. I was denied ballot entry because I was a West pilot. I then successfully initiated a Department Of Labor Office of Labor Management Standards Federal investigation that resulted in a federal "raid" on the USAPA headquarters when they refused to cooperate with the investigation. The result was a USAPA Presidential election rerun. I was offered $25,000 to drop my campaign: I adamantly refused. I also refused to cower to threats and intimidation tactics by Date Of Hire supporters.
During my election campaign it was disclosed to me that the “Brain Child” of USAPA was a pilot named Davis who was also a CPA and attorney. He was allegedly behind the firing of Ballot Point and then the set up of a fictitious company to conduct the election through a server set up in a trailer park in Charlotte that was designed to attach viruses to any candidate the East Leadership did not want elected…including my election material. The campaign literature would have been treated as SPAM and blocked by anti virus software. The desired result would have been a candidate's message would NOT have been heard. I contacted the Department Of Labor Office of Labor Management Standards and initiated another Federal investigation. I gave a deposition to Federal investigators. I protested the election with the eventual result of Ballot Point being re-established as our election provider, and rules that included counters of sent mail and opened mail. Another result is that Mr. Davis came under federal scrutiny and is now serving a ten year prison sentence for tax evasion. His conviction is ultimately unrelated to this allegation, yet this was a "shine the light" event.
During the MOU PHX presentation, USAPA President Gary Hummel asked to speak with me privately. He stated my petitioning for investigations was causing the "curtains coming down on USAPA and they are burning" and to please stop. I stated that I absolutely would NOT. I replied to him that he had run as a moderate, yet kept committee chairs that were appointed by Mike Cleary that were known to have created a hostile work environment for West pilots, and those facts told me exactly who he was. Even now USAPA continues the hostile work environment strategy with the appointment of a Mr. Taylor to Pilot To Pilot. Mr Taylor is the focus of a Federal investigation for allegedly creating a hostile work environment against West pilots and the investigation is ongoing. I have proven strategies and tactics/tools to counter this unprofessional threat.
I could go on and on about countering the unprofessional and potentially illegal activity which West pilots have been subjected to. The bottom line is I had the intestinal fortitude to be proactive in initiating Federal involvement by exercising my federally protected rights. I consider this to be my strongest point in this election. I also believe the present USAPA leadership plan is to use the six million of our dues money to conduct unprofessional mischief and frivolous legal filings in order to continue the quest for Date Of Hire after they are no longer our bargaining agent. This is illegal and I will take immediate actions to secure prosecutions.
