The NMB conducted an investigation of the activities prior to the election and concluded that Cape Air Management had “tainted the laboratory conditions”. Management’s actions suggest that they interfered with the intent to sway the election towards CAPA. I believe most managements would prefer not to have a union on the property so when management supports any specific union, well, red flags should go up.
The sad thing about the elections was that about 1/3 of the pilot group didn’t vote at all. So CAPA was representing a pilot group of which only a little over 1/3 of members actually voted for.