Originally Posted by
MitchRapp
Maybe the trip buy outs, personal reimbursements and qol that they don't want to lose by being recalled?
You make it sound like they're on perpetual vacation. The reps and committee chairs that I have flown with in the past all have their phones being blown up on a regular basis while on a trip. The former TYS FO Rep likens being a regular line pilot again to a vacation. I think you're overstating the gains, if indeed there are any.
The man has a point.; the forum being taken down once people starting questioning the arbitration process and talking about lawyering up is a little sketch.
I will agree that the timing was suspect, and I pressed some of the reps on this. In the end you agree with their story or you don't. If the latter, bring proof.
As for "lawyering up," ALPA is already your bargaining agent in the process, someone deciding to go public on the prior forum about wanting the arbitrators contact information to bring his own lawyer needs to read up on USAPA and how that whole process worked for them.
Lastly, keep in mind that these are legal processes we're talking about. Please list for me legal processes that you know of that are fast. Red light cameras don't count.