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Old 02-24-2013 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Pineapple Guy
I get it now. Apparently, in your world, it's OK to yell FIRE in a crowded theater, so long as you then say "Oh, nevermind...." once everyone is standing outside. Thanks for the clarification.
What's the bigger concern here though; an attorney having or not having a license? Or an attorney, with or without a license, having a significant conflict of interest that may go against an individual pilot or even against an entire MEC in favor of the supposedly "greater good"? What if that pilot is you, and/or that MEC is yours?

I think we can all smell smoke on that one, even if we shut up and keep watching the movie for fear of inciting a panic, it doesn't mean everything is fine. This is a huge issue of potential and actual fundamental conflict of interests with some examples of it playing out right in front of us. We have to perpetually shine daylight on something like this, regardless of the brand name of our representational structure.

I don't care how many licenses an ALPA attorney has or doesn't have nearly as much as I care about his/her duty to represent our pilot group (and individual line pilots as the case may be) first. If they can't do that, well, we at least need to know that before we can determine what we want to do about it, if anything.