Originally Posted by
Mason32
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.
It's deper than that.
Unauthorized people getting meals paid for by union (wives)
Trips to liquiour stores and expensed as snacks
Late night trips to bars and expensed as snacks
1500-2000 dollar group meals with 40% of the cost being alcohol
It was always expenses by the MEC Chairman and immediately (within seconds) approved by the vice chairman so none could see the expense and vice-versa
ALPA national asked for an explanation and they blew it off, now ALPA is calling for reimbursement and they are conducting an audit as only two weeks or so have been looked over. Payment must be made by the end of the month and the authorities are now digging into it. Per ALPA this is something the department of labor would be all over and could lead to jail time. Since member of the union have summited the information to ALPA and the authorites ALPA national will come hard on these folks or set themselves up for another failed to represent law suit.
Amparently we could have an interem chairman in the coming days. The people involved were using the ALPA attorneys for counsel but now ALPA is cracking down in them so they will have to seek their own counsel. The chairman and followers made this personal with a few folks and now they have guys putting a lot of time and effort into sinking them.