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To: Seham

I am in receipt of your letter...demanding that American Airlines declare...the so-called American Independent Cockpit Alliance ("AICA"), are now free riders who are not subject to any Agency Fee...

...While the Allied Pilots Association ("APA") regrets your demand, a union-busting tactic usually associated with anti-union advocacy groups...

...We find it particularly unfortunate, but not surprising, that you and your clients would seek to defund the union during this period of incredible stress and expense when the APA has been and still is making every effort to protect American's pilots in complex, protracted bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings. At a time when solidarity and collective support is most needed, you want 8000 pilots, voluntary members of APA, to keep fighting to protect the interests of your free rider clients while you try to undermine the union's ability to protect all American Airlines pilots in the face of repeated Section 1113 proceedings. Such a course of action appears at odds with any claim to be part of a larger labor movement...

From: APA Lawyer