Originally Posted by
9easy
ALPA national doesn't want to delve too far into things because it knows the excesses of the other MECs are even worse. Just so happens EGL mec is specifically banned from buying booze so they got busted for doing something that is completely normal for all the other MECs.
I got a lot more info yesterday. It's my understanding that the Eagle MEC changed their policy to prohibit alcohol purchases due to financial issues... Then the leaders kept doing it anyway and turning in expense reports without showing the alcohol purchases but getting full reimbursement.
Somebody else says it rises to the level of fraud just as if they bought jewelry and lied about it on an expense report to get reimbursed.
If so, paying back the union may be the least of their problems.
My understanding is they got themselves a real gumshoe type ****ed off at them and he's on a mission to expose all of their misconduct, recover every penny they swiped, and has already brought in the Feds to investigate the fraud.
How ALPA National hasn't removed these guys is beyond me.