Originally Posted by
Moose
I would say they should have shown up enough to enable all the pilots to attend a meeting. If I were getting a new union or had one petitioning, I would consider it essential to speak to them and hear what they had to say.
What about if you had no intention to vote for the new union, and the new union knew this?
USAPA did only one roadshow - true. And, they left early (or earlier than they had planned too originally, it would seem). However . . .
The meeting
was at the airport, allowing maximum attendance from those who had the ability to attend. The reception USAPA received was less than warm (look @ the video on youtube and see for yourself). I don't think more than 2% of the former HP pilots eventually voted for USAPA. Would this # have really changed had USAPA held 10 meetings in PHX or LAS? Honestly, for USAPA to do more than the bare minimum would have been a waste of time for USAPA, considering some of their core campaign promises - nobody out there was going to vote for them anyway. Furthermore, the HP pilots did have the opportunity to attend USAPA organizing meetings in CLT, PHL, DCA, etc. - there's a you tube video of a lone HP pilot attending a CLT meeting, and the atmosphere is much more relaxed, though the difference of opinion on USAPA's goals remains.
Legally, does the reasoning 'it would have been a waste of time to do more than 1 meeting' hold weight (will they even introduce into evidence the reasoning why they didn't do more meetings)? How many meetings do they need to hold to maintain the minimum standard, and where? This is all that is relevant right now.
Good luck to all of the US Airways pilots, regardless of which the side of the fence you are on this issue.