Originally Posted by
BobZ
my legal expertise consists of a stint as a process server...and a sibling who is an attorney. the event described to me was officials appearing at the personal residence with legal papers that provided for confiscation of personal records and any means of electronic transmission.
call it what you want....as the admonitions from the most recent amendment process indicate its still a hammer held by management. and I wonder how many other employees let alone schedulers are even aware of its existence.
In your stint as a process server, I am willing to bet you never "served" a search warrant.
I have no doubt the individual was served the subpoena at his personal residence but, unlike your previous post, it was not by Federal LEOs in the dark of night. Does sound dramatic though and makes for good print but, in fact, anyone 18 years or older who isn't a party to the action can serve a federal subpoena. You probably even served a few in your stint as a process server.
Unlike a search warrant whereby relevant documents can be "confiscated," a subpoena requires you to
produce documents to the court. Granted there is the threat of civil contempt but those "officials" could not "confiscate" those documents.
The hammer held by management is actually the RLA. The 2001 injunction was the company running to court to enforce the RLA. Even if there were another "No OT" campaign, the company would have to seek a new injunction by proferring new evidence against new pilot-defendants.