Originally Posted by
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Tell me your experience settling grievances.
I spent countless hours working on grievances with Ken Watts in the ALPA office in Minneapolis. All on my own time with no flight pay loss. Settlements involving hundreds of pilots and millions of dollars. Captain Watts is far more intelligent and experienced than I am. That being said, I have forgotten more about enforcing the contract and selling grievances than you will ever know.
Did you have to handle that one grievance once? I imagine you have little to no experience.
Then Ken Watts could help you to understand that if the company violates our scope, under this TA, or under C2012, (or under the student counsel the DPA would set up to represent us) our bargaining agent would file a grievance which, as a minor dispute, would receive expedited handling while both sides are required to operate under the status quo. The bargaining agent could seek a variety of remedies from injunctive relief to compensatory and punitive damages.
Thank you for serving your pilots for free. I can only imagine the difficulty of sitting across the table from NWA management, regardless of the forum.