PCL_128 said:

Yes, you "won," alright. You got a judge to say that a picket line is only legitimate if there are actually pilots on the physical property. He ruled that a picket line isn't an idea, but a physical line. That could easily come back to bite us in the ass, gramps. Not to mention that you've completely glossed over the fact that you used that horrible ruling to your benefit and continued to operate flights when the Polar pilots weren't able to put up physical picket lines, even though they declared the airport to be struck work. The result was accusations by Polar pilots of Atlas pilots being scabs.

And you call that mess a victory? What a joke.



Nothing but lies.



And one person on the location constitutes the legitimate picket line. In other words, one pilot at the location with a picket sign means the location is struck. Sounds to me like you're really in bed with management.

As to you comments about Atlas pilots; you should get your facts straight before you end up in a legal crack with no ALPA lawyer to support you. Atlas pilots flew Atlas flights for Atlas customers. Polar made charges and an ALPA Alternate Dispute Resolution Board made up of two retired and very respected former ALPA National officers, fully exonerated the Atlas pilots. Dig back through your magazines. ALPA was required to post the notification there and on the website.

See, that's the nasty little problem with facts. When they're in writing, you can say what you want, but they are what they are. Especially when they are Federal rulings or legally binding findings of fact.

If you want to go down that road and slander them, I'm sure there are a few Atlas pilots (one who has pockets deeper than ALPA) who will be only too happy to have their lawyers contact yours and explain the terms slander and defamation. You have a history of crossing that line about some people.

That's the bad thing about lawyers too. The good ones never ask a question unless they know the answer in advance. Cousin Brucie could take a lesson.

But hey…enough of that. Let’s get back to the real issue. Outsourcing. IBT, APA, SWAPA and CAPA have all been out front and have had a lot of success on Capitol Hill fighting it. IBT even has gotten it stopped at Frontier and has gotten UAL to begin ending it as well. Even the new IBT contract at AirTran addresses it.

Even though they just closed three new contracts in the past few weeks and have a couple more in the lineup, I’m sure they’d be happy to come down to support the AirTran pilots call to end outsourcing of your jobs. The way IBT, APA, CAPA and the rest see it, outsourcing is outsourcing…regardless of your union pin or if you are an airline pilot, or as you say…

“a truck driver.”