Originally Posted by
2cylinderdriver
The Union should not have any need to defend these pilots if the ASAP program works as advertised.
While I agree with your ASAP observation ...
I've attended Several ALPA (National) Accident Investigation Courses. At one of the courses, an (one of the many) ALPA attorneys came it to give a lecture. He said, "It's my job to protect your license and your job if you're involved in any sort of incident.
If you bend metal at FedEx you get FIRED!" In as much as this was an ALPA NATIONAL class (I was the only FedEx pilot), I found his observation quite telling.
The good news ... we finally got an ASAP program!
The bad ... I'm not sure how good a reputation the ALPA attorneys have keeping jobs?