Originally Posted by
ATCsaidDoWhat
And that would be:
ALPA: Just got nailed again on the TWA suit...and it's looking very ugly. Better yet, ask the AirTran guys who are also suing ALPA for DFR. Or the North American guys...how much is ALPA helping them right now?
FAPA: Um yeah...they screwed it up with SWAPA and then tried to screw over every RAH pilot in the SLI. And they're getting their clock cleaned in court over the deal they tried to cut with Bedford. Smart guys...cut a deal promising them a future with a guy who worships at the altar of Lorenzo, Icahn, Ferris, Wolf and the rest.
What did we screw up with SWAPA? Staple and 156 pilots on the street with no recall rights! I will speak for myself. I am a Captain and I would have made alright in the deal, but not at the expense of my fellow pilots and co-workers.
The screwing of every RAH pilot is total BS! In fact, ask your representatives at the negotiating table who were the top pilots going to be on the list? Hint not F9,YX or L4. In the beginning we were willing to integrate a ratio. In the end we came out with this mess.
ATC your day has come and gone. You can talk smack all you want but in the end separation is going to happen. I really do think you need to concentrate on getting a fair contract and not focus on F9 being in the picture.
We do not worship BB, but we did have an amicable relationship with him. In a pilot meeting he came to talk to us and I remember him saying "I have talked to FAPA more times in 3 months then I have communicated to the IBT in 4 years." Point being, is that we do not demand, we negotiate. What has your new Exco. done for you? Promises that CM makes with no deliverance.
For all of you at RAH, I am not trying to rub anything in here, but ATC needs to get a grip and move on.
Sticky, TE and all of you at RAH I really do wish you good luck.