Originally Posted by
sailingfun
That would be my question. Management hires pilots. If they want to hire ex convicts from Mongolia its their choice.
Section 1 D11, D12. Inverts the order.
I wrote, then edited back out 10 separate violations. Best to keep this focused. The AM Section 40, Part 1, Paragraph 3 is enough to have the Representation Department recommend not signing.
The principle of allowing management to pick which pilot group to do a deal with and letting them tangle themselves up in contracts that modify each other's is enough to have all the carriers leaving ALPA. That is why this will get fixed. It has to. The procedural errors just make it easy to attack.
Consider that with the Pinnacle Bridge Agreement, Delta pilots no longer have the ability to recover our flying. ALPA and Pinnacle are trying to write an agreement that redefines permitted flying as "Pinnacle's Flying" under their PWA. Delta pilot negotiations are being preempted by ALPA contracts with Delta's own management.
Just play with the Bridge Agreement, swap the names around. Perhaps that will help you get a handle on the real issue here.
Now when Delta Management wants to talk pilot labor, it talks to the Delta MEC
After, Delta management could pick who it wanted to talk to. Lets say it negotiated with Pinnacle first, Delta pilots could find themselves in non-compliance with Pinnacle's agreement with our management. this threatens to create a conflict of interest which will rip our union apart.
But, BUT, ALPA has carefully crafted documents which govern our conduct. We have managed this problem with well thought out procedures. Lets give those procedures a chance to work.
... and Sailing, look at the signatory page. If other ALPA pilots decide to, there is little guess who they'll include on their lawsuit. The difference between this Section 40 violation and past is that this one is crystal clear and Delta would most probably be a named defendant. Delta will be unable to do anything while the litigation pends. I'm shaking my head in disbelief that Richard Anderson had anything to do with this, unless he figures the union's internal remedies will work, or ALPA will blow up and leave us effectively unrepresented ... who knows? He has outsmarted me here.
Again, the internal remedies must work. We need them to.