I'm not sure if I am reading the article correctly, but if I am and the defendant is United ALPA, I think their position is the problem. Because the Captains authority comes from the FAR's & FOM's in conjunction with the Federal Government thru the FAA. Support from the company and the Union are just nice things to have. If you get fired for exercising your legal right that opens up a lot of other possibilities. But back to the union.
If this is their quote....
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Phantom Flyer
In their e-mail to all United pilots, the defendants stated," As a result of the Court's order, all United pilots are at risk from any delays or cancellations related to pilots. We cannot take any economic action against the company in response to the court's decision,..."
.... then THEY are the ones that have the wrong attitude. THEY are the ones that are supposed to have our backs no matter what the company or some judge says. ESPECIALLY if it is safety related.
I'll leave it at that for now because I'm not sure if it is UAL's ALPA that is issuing that statement. Can anyone confirm where the statemet came from and what the broad implication of the e-mail message was?
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