Originally Posted by
maxjet
How much do you believe the Teamsters did for our contract that ALPA or any other union would have not done? There was no magic here. The magic occured because of OUR Negotiations Team’s work. That and an environment that would not supply pilots to an airline that wanted to expand. If you think any different you are mistaken. The other issue you accuse ALPA of: Scabbed the last strike? Really? That’s what you think happened? Would have nothing to do at all with ALPA carriers not being advised of the work action? Would not be at all the result of **** poor planning by the Teamsters? Do you actually think for one second that any of us,including you,would not honor a picket line that we had been told was legal? 2 sides to every story with that one. I think there is blame on both sides and will go with the truth being in the middle.
You or ALPA did not know if the strike was legal or not until the judge ruled. That decisoon took over two days. In the meantime ALPA kept calling our “self help action,” ie. strike, illegal.
The proper reaction was to stick together in support of all the pilots in the industry until the judge ruled. But no, ALPA and the ATI MEC acted like little b... and snubbed their noses at the ABX pilots hoping to score brownie points with management. Which they did.