Anyone have the text of the entire verdict?

What is really ominous is that before ALPA can appeal, the judge has said they must post a bond equivalent to the estimated damages and legal fees for the pilots. That number conservatively is close to one billion...with a "b" dollars.

That's going to be awfully hard to find an underwriter for.

It was only two questions:

Did ALPA violate DFR?

Did ALPA's violation of DFR cause injury to the TWA pilots?

"Yes" on both.

ALPA must post a bond equal to the estimated damages and legal fees before they can appeal. Estimate of the amount is based on lost wages, investments, retirements, families...you get the drift.

In the neighborhood of one Billion...

Maybe we could all chip in five bucks, or have a bake sale?

Does ALPA's insurance cover that type of award for their own malfeasance ?

Sounds to me like all the TWA pilots will be able to retire millionaires and leave this industry in the shambles ALPA has allowed it to become.

Even if ALPA's insurance covers a lesser award, I'd think every ALPA pilot might well be looking at a 5% paycut soon from massively increased dues to a stunning special assessment.

I can only wonder as well whether certain people in ALPA are scrambling to protect their financial assets and/or contemplating a hasty exit ?

I'm not seeing anything on damages. The Court will encourage voluntary settlement and after this ruling, my guess is that somebody's looking for their checkbook. It will not be in the billions, but a few million may be a stake here.Glad the Delta MEC has been saving their own rainy day fund.

ALPA took action to make itself judgement proof by moving resources offshore during the Ford / Cooksey litigation. "We" also have considerable insurance coverage.

How much money does ALPA have? And how much came from Delta pilots?



I bet there are some TWA folks celebrating today! Good for them. I wonder how many we have here at Delta, they'd be interesting to hear from.

July 13, 2011
Former TWA pilots prevail in lawsuit against ALPA

A federal jury in New Jersey said that the Air Line Pilots Association did not fairly represent former TWA pilots' interests when the carrier merged with American Airlines.

The lawsuit, filed by ex-TWA pilots in 2002, said the union pressured TWA members during the merger discussions and acted in bad faith as ALPA and the Allied Pilots Association, which represents American's pilots, negotiated a seniority list. American bought TWA's assets out of bankruptcy in 2001 for $4.2 billion.

The jury also found that ALPA's "violation of its duty of fair representation," caused injury to some of TWA's pilots. What has not yet been decided in this case is the amount of damages that should be awarded to the former TWA employees.

Read more: Sky Talk: Former TWA pilots prevail in lawsuit against ALPA

Probably right. I suppose in a worst case scenario, they could just declare BK and the TWA pilots would get pennies on the dollar (as usual, the lawyers all get fat though).

At the very least, the TWA pilots will get some vindication for ALPA's faliure to properly represent THEM, instead of ALPA placing its own strategic interests first.

This should also be a wake-up call for those currently represented by this mess of an organization or those considering diving into the Virginia feces pile.

This does not surprise me. It's what the shifty, shafty, crooked and crafty have always done......i.e., hide their assets to protect their irresponsibilities. IMO, another example of an organization that cannot be trusted and whose priniciple interest is........well, it's OWN interests.

My condolences to the hard-working pilots getting secondary scraps, when their interests should be primary.

ALPA can levy all the assessments they want, I will not pay one dime to cover this.