Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
I'm noticing that you ALPA guys are using letters from union chairman who do not have control of their unions as evidence to back up your points. I don't know what the Seham firm says about how their relationship with APA ended, but I'd like to find out.
I'm so intrigued about how the ALPA guys are in total jihad over the Seham firm. I know they hate him because they successfully decertified ALPA at USAir, but that doesn't explain the holy war they've declared here on Seham. I'm intrigued because ALPA clearly wants DPA to fail. With that in mind, why wouldn't ALPA encourage the DPA to stay with a law firm that ALPA is characterizing as the worst on Earth?
Carl
The reason that people are pointing out the failures of Seham is that he seems to have one talent: putting out divisive propaganda to divide pilots and decertify unions. After that, he seems incapable of delivering any results that actually benefit the pilots. USAPA has almost 4 years of Seham-inspired strategy and they have gotten nothing for pilots except large legal bills. Meanwhile, the impotent ALPA folks at Delta have delivered an average 25% pay rate increase along with hundreds of millions of merger stock. Let's see Billions in contractual increases versus huge legal bills and no contractual benefits. What would I pick?
I see Seham as a charmer that can convince uncertain pilots to follow him down a path where he makes a ton of money and the pilots get bupkus. Kind of like Bernie Madoff convincing people he could guarantee 25% returns per year and instead he stole their money.
If you give ALPA an F for the last four years, Seham and USAPA get a Z--------------. However you want to score it, Seham fails labor group after labor group. And now DPA is the next victim to fall for his charm offensive. No thanks. I don't want to be like USAPA and end up 4 years from now looking for a new attorney and some way to pay up our massive legal bills. Oh and not a penny of benefit for pilots.