Originally Posted by
cadetdrivr
Find almost any informed LUAL pilot of that era and they can fill you in on it.
Note that it also resulted in multiple disciplinary cases and a termination among the four named pilots that were co-defendants in the suit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/b.../31united.html
The fired pilot was eventually re-instated with full back pay after an excessive amount of time on the street as the company soft-pedaled the arbitration process to hold him as a hostage.
To top it all off, some key evidence used in court against the UAL pilots were FORUM POSTS about SRM/JRM and SL. The company wanted to prove that it was an intentional job action when they were really just having staffing issues as they were furloughing; unfortunately the court believed them and placed an injunction against UAL ALPA. One small sliver of light was that they did not bother to redact a pilot's login info used to obtain some of those posts.
We should use some common sense about picking up time with fellow pilots on furlough, and at the same time use restraint from posting on why it should not be done online. If PP goes to complete zero, we will more than likely be back in court with PC providing historical data again.
SP