Originally Posted by Check Essential

The MCF is what's causing a lot of the problems at ALPA National.
It is a horrible idea and it should be refunded to the pilots immediately.

That money is nothing but "golden handcuffs".
It makes ALPA afraid of any confrontations with management because they are afraid of losing it in a lawsuit. It paralyzes any progress toward resolving the conflict of interest at ALPA National because they are afraid of losing the MCF in a DFR lawsuit.
Plus the fact that they will NEVER spend that money. Too many high paid pencil pushers and paper shufflers in Herndon depend on the care and feeding of that fund for their livelihoods. If the bankruptcies of every major carrier and the loss of all our pensions was not a "major contingency" then those words have no meaning.