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I think that is incorrect. I believe ALPA simply did not object to the company holding back the 5%. I don't believe ALPA instructed, nor had the power or leverage to instruct the company to hold back the 5%. The union certainly did not have the power to instruct the company to simply follow the law on USSERA, so I doubt it had the power to mandate the company hold back funds to anyone.
No, you are not correct. It is ALPA policy now to hold back money in reserve for any potential lawsuits. Since the money is paid by the company it is held by the company until such time as the suits run their courses. Once they do, ALPA directs the remainder of the money minus any "redistribution" if any to be dispersed to the pilot.
The military lawsuits are about the UPA ratification signing bonus only. One side handled their portion of the signing bonus differently than the other side. As a result, the calculations of monies paid to military pilots were different between the two groups...not amounts per se but methodologies. The suits have nothing to do with any past post-9/11 concessionary treatment of any particular group of pilots and their retirement plans.