snapthis said:
Rules don't apply to them. They take money from the West to fund their objectives, withdraw from the process and then complain about not having representation.
Their comical update reads in part..
Fellow PHL and CLT Pilots,
By now everyone is aware of the bomb dropped by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the SLI and McCaskill-Bond process. By a two-to-one vote, the court decided that the MOU was somehow equal to a JCBA between US Airways pilots and America West pilots, and hence was an event that triggered the use of the old ALPA proposal, the never-implemented Nicolau list. As you know, given the Court’s unprecedented ruling, which conflicts not only with Federal Law but also with what all parties to the MOU agreed to, the USAPA merger committee had no choice but to permanently withdraw from the McCaskill-Bond SLI Arbitration. While the merits of the Court’s decision can be argued (and most likely will), McCaskill-Bond mandates the East pilots have a right to be represented freely and fairly in the process that will determine the rest of their careers. Predictably, you can anticipate the West and APA Merger Committees to take full advantage this last minute ruling.
What we will not stand for however, is the Company’s position that 3500 east pilots should not be adequately represented.
Here's what our guys are saying about that update:
The East can write and amend club-USAPA's rules as much as they want. They don't follow their own policies anyway. They can threaten to recall, or actually recall, or whatever they want, but if they do not have their elite seniority Dream Team in place at kickoff the the game will go on without them. APA has to use "best efforts." I think the arbitrators would frown upon any real or suspected collusion between APA and the East in order to manufacture more delay.
Spoiled little children. The sooner we take away their piggy bank, the better.
Always deflecting responsibility to someone else provides the cover from explaining ones own actions and being held accountable.
They truly are delusional. They actually believe that crap they put out. I don't know which is worse. Concocting the scheme that they did, knowing it's a bastardization of laws and ethics but knowing it's true nature. Or doing it and believing it's actually all true
WOW. The easties have a MC. They withdrew, and it's the company's fault? If the east pilots want a committee, they need to demand that the one they had show up and represent them.
No "supremely confident" from them this time. They withdrew the merger committee but say they want to be represented. Delusional once again!
Translation:
"We agreed to take the MOU candy; we ate it and **** it; the bag is now empty; we never got any; we need a new bag...."
"...they may have very well have created the most disputed and contentious seniority arbitration in merger history, one even greater than Nicolau."
These guys ARE creating the most disputed and contentious seniority arbitration in merger history by their failure to manage expectations. Welcome to the parrrrrttttttyyyyy APA!!!!!
The new-Nics are suggesting that because they chose to withdraw from SLI, that they are somehow being treated desperately.
No one "forced" them to withdraw
Please somebody end the insanity!
Stupid only understands that level of debate. Rational, logical, calm reasoning is lost on them.
There's four people who apparently don't understand what is learned by most 8th graders: the judiciary interprets and is the final review of the laws made by Congress. The 9th Circuit opinion is the law of the case; they and they only decide what the law means as applied to our case after the disctrict court had their crack at it, so there isn't any "conflict with Federal Law."
.....that letter seems, at last, FEAR is setting in.....
Basically, all the 9th really said was that the law requires them to keep their word and honor the commitment they made by going to arbitration with Nicolau years ago.there sure has been a lot of tantrums, blame, and BS to avoid keeping the commitment that was made 8+ years ago.apparently, they are STILL not trustworthy, and not willing to look at the original issue, their responsibility, nor their lack of integrity.kind of like watching the same Jerry Springer show, over and over and over and over.... ad nauseum...
They repeat this garbage long enough.........
These guys do need a boogey man. In their minds they can do no wrong, so it has to be some one else's fault.
