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PI, you are completely wrong. There is only one labor representative for US Airways pilots and that is USAPA. AOL is a funding mechanism for West pilots to hire attorneys and defend the rights of the West against the union. There is no legal recognition of AOL other than its corporate form as an LLC in the State of Arizona. Each West pilot has an individual claim against the union for violating its DFR, just like each TWA pilot has an individual claim against ALPA. When courts are faced with the prospect of hundreds, thousands or millions of claims against one defendant, then the claims are normally bundled together as a class. That's what class actions are: a means to roll hundreds, thousands or perhaps millions of trials into one. The class representatives can bind the class as a whole, but only to the issue being litigated. "Settling" is something two labor groups can do through their representatives, but the Addington class reps are not labor representatives. The judicial process will not mete out a "compromise" as between East and West, and the reason is why we're in court to begin with. Addington was a yes/no legal issue: did USAPA breach its DFR by disregarding the Nicolau? The company's dec action is likewise a yes/no legal issue: is use (or non-use) of the Nicolau a violation of the RLA? Notice that neither moves toward a "solution." It can't because negotiating is not in the purview of the courts. The possibility of a "solution" died on April 18th 2008 when USAPA became the bargaining agent and replaced two labor representatives with just one. I've analogized before using tooth paste leaving the tube. That's where we're at. No judge will allow the Addington class reps to cut a deal as doing so is clearly beyond the scope of their class rep status. Not trying to be difficult, but that's the reality. Don Iorio warned you all about this leading up to the election.
Plenty of time, never heard me complain about seperate ops, LOA93, Cleary, Who is trying to steal your job? Delusional you are my friend, you have a job on a seniority list remember, how will it go away? Contract in 5 years? Alot can happen in 5years, especially in this world economy, I'll be retired from USAIRWAYS, yes and not only am I prepared to I probably will retire on 93, Hey moron if you get your head out of the sand you might just see it aint USAPA stalling, where's the F/A's CBA? MM! Turn down your A/C!
As long as they client supports the legal team,
That's why ALPA is gone, they talked out their a$$!
Well if you don't like it maybe you should vote in different reps, just like you said we should have done under ALPA! MM!
I hold out hope that your mentality is representative of a very small percentage of east pilots, otherwise the rest of us - East and West - are fked.
OH No doubt about your fked!
The situation is now an either/or. Whatever guidance is provided by West attorneys, it's completely within the legal boundary of the East/West situation: either Nic or no Nic. It's not either Nic vs DOH. It's not Nic vs. LOS. It's not Nic vs. lots of C&Rs. The legal situation that the East and West are in is straight forward: use or nonuse of the Nicolau. USAPA under the advice of Lee Seham brought us to this and the politics must make sense to a deranged idiot like Cleary. The East has all along said that the Nic will never fly. Great. You're now in a situation where your choice is either the Nic and a payraise, or no Nic and LOA93. Time is not on the side of the non-Nic/LOA93 option. We can either move on now with the Nic or we'll do it in one, two, three or five years from now. Either way, the Nicolau is inevitable.
Your contention that those are the only options afforded to everyone in the situation is humerous at best! MM!
