The Company designed the amnesty program that was offered to the accused. The Union had to agree to the amnesty program and what was in it. CB was the union rep who signed off on the language of the amnesty program, and the program itself. By doing this, credibility was given to the whole idea that the pilots were guilty and were being offered a last chance to save their jobs.

Instead, our Union should have said no way to any deal, and should have insisted on clarification as to what parts of the FDA LOA were not followed. Then that info could have been put out to all of us so we could know exactly what was expected as far as receiving the housing allowance was concerned.

Throughout the whole FDA LOA lifespan, the Union has been totally reactive in their approach to the creation, implementation, and problems associated with the agreement. The Company seems to have been behind the wheel since the beginning, with us just being passengers.