Originally Posted by
avi8orco
welcome to being a union member….we had an issue back at the regionals that cost many pilots, myself included several thousand dollars. For an FO making less than $20k to fly an RJ back then that can be the difference between putting food on the table or bankruptcy. We grieved it, several years later we won and got a settlement. The ALPA lawyers got 50%, then there were a few other hands in Herndon and the MEC that got greased. In the end I got a check for $235.
Contract provision or not, you’ll get screwed in the process
Care to post that grievance settlement where it says the lawyers got half the settlement money?
It is not unusual for an arbitrator to rule in one parties favor yet have the award not make them 100% whole (unfortuneately), it is rather unlikely he made you whole and the lawyers, National, and the MEC all took a cut of the award. Again, if you think I'm wrong, post the ruling. Just cause it "feels" like ALPA screwed you doesn't make it true. Most likely the RLA process screwed you.