The four CLT pilots called into the chief pilots office were busted for performing an illegal job action. They're criminals and should be fired. Illegal activity should never be tolerated at an airline. There is no room for criminals and thieves.
Aw, c'mon we made room for 'em to take over the pilot's union and then are forced to pay them more than they could ever earn out on the line.
But let's talk about illegal job actions. Management asked for its DJ because it feared the possibility of a work stoppage by the east. How does management think this would manifest itself?
We know that the NMB would never allow USAPA to strike based on their past behavior, so a legal strike can be ruled out.
A wildcat strike? With the only vocal support coming from less than a dozen people on this board and assuming there may be another dozen posters on another dozen boards (and how many of them are out on medicals and bored), there isn't any clear evidence of overwhelming support for such a job action.
Anyone foolish enough to try their own one-man CHAOS would quickly be dealt with and under fear of legal damage$, USAPA would distance themselves from such an individual. Or at least they should.
In fact, USAPA has burned so many bridges with both their own supporters (ref: Bradford bruhaha) that they do not have the credibility and loyalty necessary to pull of the type of clandestine planning that CHAOS demands, so that is practically a non-starter.
Safety campaign as a work-stoppage? Well, we're seeing how poorly that's playing out.
So, does management really have anything to fear by standing up to USAPA and declaring that they will not accept any other seniority proposal than the Nicolau list? Is see no evidence that they do.
But they do have reason to fear the same type of lawsuit as Addington, which was affirmed by a jury, albeit a bit too early.
Do they fear the rhetoric or the proven?
