I realize you're just being willfully ignorant and obtuse because the reality of elected representatives...in the case of the Nic award....doesn't fit your DOH entitled world view. Just because I didn't vote to invade Iraq doesn't mean my country didn't invade Iraq.
You see,(and this is a core problem with East pilots) you simply can't "pick and choose" when certain rules apply and when they don't. A Federal Judge rather eloquently put it ths way:
Before and after its election, USAPA has misled the majority about its power to improve their seniority prospects at the expense of the West Pilots. The will of the East Pilots springs from a mistaken understanding of the law and mismanaged expectations. If this is an impasse, it is one USAPA goaded on.
If the membership were correctly advised on the limits of fair representation that constrain the agreement—and all the collective bargaining of every union—then they would perceive no incentive to hold out for an improper bargaining objective. Those employees would be left with a choice: To vote in favor of ratifying a single CBA that incorporated the Nicolau Award, or to vote against it. What they could not do is vote against it and expect the next CBA or the next union to violate the duty of fair representation in the very same way as the first one could not. In effect, USAPA claims that the East Pilots hold such strong objections to the Nicolau Award that they always will vote as a bloc against any new CBA with it, enjoying the self-denial of a single CBA with improved wages and working conditions into perpetuity. Even if this unbelievable story is believed, it only means that the East Pilots have the power of self-inflicted harm. It does not mean that the union's duty of fair representation falls victim to self-hostagetaking.
Whether considered as a matter of fact or law, the asserted impasse does not absolve USAPA from liability.
Addington v. U.S. Airline Pilots Ass'n, CV08-1633-PHXNVW, 2009 WL 2169164 (D. Ariz. July 17, 2009)
This is the hurdle USAPA will never get over. This is the reality the APA is going to inherit during a merger. Too bad your group is so comfortable being willfully ignorant and obtuse in the face certain realities. It has cost you dearly. Also, for the ten thousandth time, I don't work for your airline. I REALLY didn't vote for anything to do with your fake, willfully ignorant, obtuse "Union".
