Originally Posted by Typhoonpilot

Great post UAL. As I understand it the ACDAC had a back to work agreement with Avianca management brokered by the government that included a clause for no retribution against the striking pilots. A few months after that was concluded the owner of Avianca used his lawyers and the courts to void that portion of the agreement. Once that was completed he started the disciplinary hearings and terminated (now) 109 pilots. Another 70 knew they were going to get fired and found jobs overseas prior to running out of currency. So the real total of terminated pilots is closer to 180.