Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Carl,
Maybe this is PM stuff, but is any of your Counsel talking about settlement expectations, or a time line? How about ALPA's ability to pay a judgement of the size anticipated in the Bensel litigation?
First off, the only counsel I represent is myself. And sometimes I want to fire my rep! ALPA's ability to pay the judgment will weigh heavily during the appeal of the upcoming judgment. ALPA may try to appeal the verdict itself, but they will fail. They would have to prove judicial misconduct to get an appeals court to overturn the verdict. But appeals courts DO look at whether or not the amount of the judgment will bankrupt the company who lost. Recall the tobacco industry's judgements of multi-billions that was reduced to just millions for the "injured" tobacco user.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Talk about a conflict of interest. What about the legal fact that Bensel group needs ALPA to survive in order to get paid, while another client works to decertify ALPA, which will most likely result in the death of the defendant?
ALPA is dead anyway Bar. The TWA guys know this. The judgment will be large, but not quite enough to bankrupt ALPA. That final nail will be driven by its current members when they hear exactly what ALPA was found guilty of...and they will refuse to pay the extra assessment to cover it. My opinions of course.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
If all of this comes to pass ... Does the DPA have it's Constitution and Bylaws thought out yet? Are they on paper?
Don't know since I'm just a line pilot. But I have told them I hope we simply adopt SWAPA's Constitution and Bylaws.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Just how strong a commitment on scope is the DPA willing to make?
It's the very foundation of the DPA. It's their number one goal without peer. Without ALPA's purposeful weakness on scope, there would be no DPA.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
It's nightmare scenario stuff we're seeing here. Figured DPA would have something to say given their proximity to events.
It's only a nightmare scenario to ALPA supporters. To DPA supporters, this was entirely predictable and one of the main reasons I've wanted a departure from ALPA. As I've said here for years now, ALPA has lost its way. They forgot about representing their own members. In their zeal to obtain the rights to all airline pilots, they lost sight of their fundamental mission. They'll now pay for that with their demise. Regards why DPA has nothing to say about it, I recall one military quote that says: "Never fight an enemy that is committing suicide."
Carl