You just cant let that go huh?

The Capt rep was displaced, the FO rep bid out for an upgrade. "Council bypass" was not in the SPA MEC Policy manual and the FLL reps at that time had no intention of handing a gun to their potential murderer. The two DTW reps made their desire to oppose anything the FLL reps did very public. The DTW reps were the agressors in a civil war. Im not excusing what the FLL reps did in denying a "council bypass", but when the DTW FO rep sent out numerous emails and other communications accusing the FLL reps of everything from DFR issues to personal attacks on the other guys sexual practices, the stage was set for a decidedly intense battle. FLL just wasnt going to do any favors for the the two DTW reps until the DTW reps retracted their letter of accusations against tbe FLL reps. The retraction never came, even when our Contract Administrator informed the DTW FO rep that most of the accusations were incorrect (he only spoke to issues he had information on). That Contract Admin, and our EVP both attended an MEC meeting in an attempt to put both sides together, but it didnt work. The DTW FO rep stuck to his claims regardless. That wasnt Spirit ALPA's finest hour, one LEC recalling a rep solely because he voted too often with the other council, etc.

Then, as now, it all started over who had political control. DTW tolerated FLL as long as DTW held roll call. After FLL outgrew DTW, the BS started. Recalls, accustions, coup attempts on the Negotiaton Committee, etc.

I would hope that we all learned a lesson back then, but apparently not