It took a lot of courage for Cactus18 to stand up against the new union, the most democratic union in airline history...not. If you donated to their legal defence fund you could have gotten a pin too. Hey, you may have the chance to buy bling for the USAPA 13 before this is all over
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Blog by David Braid
On May 30, 2008 a RICO lawsuit was filed against me and 23 other America West pilots by our new union Us Airline Pilots Association. After being dismissed from federal court with prejudice without even going to trial. The case was so poor the judge would not even let them try again. USAPA then filed an appeal in the Fourth Circuit court of Appeals in Richmond.
Today 26 months later we finally have our answer. The Fourth Circuit in a unanimous decision upheld or affirmed the district court. This is a tremendous win for all of the Cactus 18 today. Hopefully this will put an end to the vicious and unfounded attack that the leadership of USAPA has aimed our way. Unfortunately I fear that this case may not be over.
USAPA is under pressure to deliver a contract and after two years of telling the pilots that we were criminals and had done something wrong. After spending upwards of $300,000.00 of pilot dues money they have nothing to show for it.
This is the story of how and why myself and 23 other AWA pilot were sued in federal court for millions of dollars by the new union at US Airways. A new association that was formed by the former US air (east) pilots to get out of final and binding seniority arbitration.
I started this blog for a couple of reasons. First many people have no idea what has happened to their fellow pilots concerning the lawsuit filed by USAPA. Second everyone has questions about what has happened and what is going on now. I will try and tell the story in order, as best as I can. There are still a few things that are confidential and this is a public forum. But I will give as much detail as possible.
The result:
On May 30, 2008 a RICO law suit was filed against me and 23 other America West pilots by our new union Us Airline Pilots Association. After being dismissed from federal court with prejudice without even going to trial. The case was so poor the judge would not even let them try again. USAPA than filed an appeal in the Fourth Circuit court of Appeals in Richmond.
Today 26 months later we finally have our answer. The Fourth Circuit in a unanimous decision upheld or affirmed the district court. This is a tremendous win for all of the Cactus 18 today. Hopefully this will put an end to the vicious and unfounded attack that the leadership of USAPA has aimed our way.
After spending upwards of $300,000.00 of pilot dues money they have nothing to show for it.
Full story:
http://cactus18.typepad.com