Dues money can't be spent in a lawsuit by ALPA, unless ALPA is the plantiff, defendant, or has a co-interest in a suit, for example an amicus brief, or a friend of the court. It would be possible in some of these cases for ALPA to be named in the suit by the company, if the company feels that ALPA should be intervened upon or enjoined as a co-defendant.

It can't be a group grievance necessarily unless it's certified as such. If it's only a handful of pilots with dissimilar USSERA claims it wouldn't be appropriate for them to go via a grievance, it would be more appropriate to litigate. However, ALPA does have a military type guidance committee, and that committee may be an appropriate place to leverage support for our pilots. If our pilots are paying dues, then surely they want their pertinent contract language enforced on their behalf.

It does appear that at least one of the attorneys involved is a UAL pilot and is a ALPA member. His law firm appears to be handling all of these suits.