Originally Posted by
rickair7777
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.
Did he lie to the company, or did he just lie to some poor excuse of a reporter for a union trade magazine? Lying to a reporter isn't a crime, is it?
I'm no lawyer, but if he was straight with the company for his interview and background check, I think his company would have a hard time firing him for spinning tales on his own time. Heck, they'll probably give him a medal for making ALPA look stupid in a very public way.
If this is the case, his union reps better defend him to the nth degree, or they'll get their butts sued off.
Of course, no one with any sense of shame would ever be able to show up for work again after this sort of thing was made public. Sheesh.