Originally Posted by
eaglefly
Your MEC chairman had 3 offers on the table and he chose the AA deal, especially considering the seniority issue ?
That's not the fault of the APA. I stand behind my operating cash statements as TWA may or may not have had promises, but they didn't have the cash.
I'm going to join AA73 and let you argue your assertions undisputed as it's pointless now.
EF, he was outvoted, and besides, the TWA BOD (and CEO Bill Compton) had already decided AMR would be the winning bidder for TWA. And don't forget---ALPA was pressuring our MEC because they had already cut a secret deal with APA & AA to integrate.
One thing is certain: No pilots had any say or vote in this; and none of the pilots at US or AA will, either. The AMR BOD and US BOD will.
Buddies8 had it positively correct when he stated:
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Lets not forget that ALPA had started a process for regaining representation of the AA pilots during this period. ALPA national was looking at dues, 2500 pilots from TWA or 10,000 pilots from AA. ALPA,s belief was screw TWA and gain support and traction on AA property for a vote for ALPA. ALPA did the same thing to Eagle, sold them for 16 years while trying to gain favor with AA pilots for representation. Dont anyone ever mention union representation from ALPA, they look out for ALPA first and last, pilots are collateral damage.
Just a point of view with the facts. "
Can anyone say
'Conflict of interest'? TWA's pilots had their fate sealed not by APA & AA, but by their own 'union', prior to the integration!