Originally Posted by
PCL_128
That's all true, but a Local Council or MEC can only be placed in trusteeship under very extreme circumstances. It takes something on the level of financial malfeasance before someone gets placed in trusteeship. No one has ever been told that they can't negotiate for what they want to negotiate for. As for the signature of the president, that' also true, but the president will only refuse to sign if the contract violates ALPA policy in some way
Not true at all. Read "Flying the Line" (and ALPA publication, BTW), and you will find that AMR got put into trusteeship when they weren't towing the line with regards to the crew complement issue.
While there was other stuff going on, that was the public justification.
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