His biggest qualification in my book is that he wasn't in a union leadership position when the senior man LOA, and LOA 14 were signed.

The current leadership loves to point at TR and pretend that they were powerless to stand up to him rather than just unwilling. It's like an FO letting their Captain overspeed the flaps because they didn't want to rock the boat, then being upset when the company holds them responsible for the damage as well.