They knew that this was being done and were not proactive about approaching the company to get this resolved. If the compnay offers a 10k deposit assistance to the FDA pilots, they'll intervene - so why not when the company is working outside of the CBA to start a training dept?
The Union also knew the LOA was coming and it certainly seems they werent proactive on that one. And, the way I see it, the Union only intervened on the 10K when the SFS guys passed a resolution basically saying the Union shouldnt allow the direct dealing BS, a pilot filed a grievance on that same issue, and another pilot wrote DW about that issue. Reactive , not proactive, on a few issues that will affect us all. Not very good leadership to me.