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say that again
Check out Lloyd Hill's legacy at the APA. Once elected president of the APA, he threatened American's president with the claim "I'll see you in the board room, I'll see you in the court room and I'll see you on the picket line". He thought he was Muhammad Ali and he wanted blood. The only blood he saw was his own after his own board of directors voted to censor him. Three years later he wisely chose not to seek re-election after he accomplished nothing. Sound familiar? Hopefully this membership has learned a lesson and will think past the tough talk rhetoric next election season..........or not.
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/ma...od-letter.html
Lloyd Hill's legacy is frightening. Horrible for APA that such "spectacular failure" and damage was wrought.
"Angry rhetoric, publicity stunts and communications such as the "blood money" letter to AMR CEO Arpey - which was authored by all three National Officers - set the tone for the current administration as out-of-touch extremists. Along with the equally ill-advised "British Airways/Iberia" letters, these documents contributed to ultimately undermine APA with the arbitrator in charge of the 7,300 Cockpit Crewmember Floor arbitration. Under this APA administration, the defeat to scope was a spectacular failure for APA. As a result of this arbitration decision, AMR is now able to furlough more than 1,500 additional pilots at AA before Scope Cockpit Crewmember Floor provisions in our CBA [collective bargaining agreement] trigger any negative ramifications at Eagle. This is a tremendous blow to the protections in our scope clause. Equally damaging is the fact that when the NMB considers its options, particularly in a situation where a major disruption to commerce is possible, factors such as the irresponsible militancy and the demands of a union's leadership are important considerations in their decision-making process.
...Unfortunately, the pattern of bad judgment has created an environment where cooperation between AMR and APA is nearly non-existent - even in areas of mutual benefit."