I'd love to hear how his local alpa reps are going to spin all of this at his company termination hearing.
If alpa national retracts the story or makes any kind of apology that is not going to help his case...
While alpa may try to sweep this under the rug, I don't think AMR will be so forgiving...not really in their nature.
I wonder if alpa kicks him out, do they still have a duty to represent him during his termination? I suspect they do.