Originally Posted by
Margaritaville
I'll apologize in advance to Chapi since I told him I'd butt out but I feel like a reminder needs to go out that Andrew did the same thing during the Rona in one of his videos from the fancy home office where he advocated for an illegal work action. And the company had an sh- fit and IBT had to walk it back. Almost got him fired from the company IIRC.
If a current leader made this rookie mistake again that's unbelievable.
That sort of thing doesn't happen with ALPA because they all get training and the legal team makes sure nobody says anything stupid that could give the company their wet dream of an injunction and hostages taken. I don't understand why Airline Division hires crackpot attorneys and shoots from the hip in official communications. I wonder if the UPS drivers side is more professional.
Yes, this is reminiscent of the remark you reference from AR. I can confirm now, the SPC chairman was making remarks regarding ongoing SPC efforts that with Allegiant’s busy season coming up, our pilots should read between the lines as we are the ones that keep the company afloat. I do not feel the need to directly quote this remark as it truly is legally damaging, but it’s absolutely unacceptable something to this level of stupidity was done. The Temporary Trustee, who also serves as Division Director, was hosting the call and immediately should have walked this remark back.
There is zero professionalism present within our union ranks. This is not the fault of the volunteers, but that of the Trustee and his failed style of “leadership”. If it isn’t already clear, Allegiant pilots— and the airline division itself, is a small afterthought of the IBT overall.
Allegiant pilots are behaving just as a beaten spouse would. The abuser (IBT) will continually beat you down warning just how bad it is if you leave (ALPA). The fear of the unknown outweighs the clear advantage of leaving the terrible situation. Many of us, myself included, are guilty of giving the benefit of doubt to individuals such as GU. It’s time we quit affording them the opportunity to right their continual wrongs.