Does anyone else find it interesting that ALPA national (Moak) has been silent regarding Heppner's direction to submit the paperwork for release? I have to believe that if ALPA national was in favor of doing so, they would be making a big deal about this. To me, their silence is telling.

 

My sources tell me that ALPA National has put the UAL MEC on "ice."

Further, UCH management is pretending like UAL MEC didn't request anything. It's like a "do-over" it never happened. They are just pressing on doing what they do. Just a minor speed bump for both UCH Management, and ALPA National. CAL MEC just sort of hung out to dry.

To make matters worse, the members of the UAL JNC never even knew about the request from the UAL MEC MC to be released. They had to read about it same as the CAL MEC and everyone else. That's a pretty big "blind side."

 

Just a weird thought here....but here goes..........

We work for the largest airline in the world. It has been deemed "too big to fail." I don't think Obama will let you get released. No way can he afford to see 10,000 plus rise in unemployment figures in an election year.

We may be "too big to get released" unfortunately.

 

Obama doesn't make the decision to release us or not. He may well stop a strike with an emergency stop order after the cooling period however.

 

Obama will not get reelected without the support of unions, if he prevents one from exercising their lawful right to self help, he doesn't have a prayer in November. The majority of union members in the united states have no idea what hoops airline employees have to go thru before being able to strike.

 

Syd,

No, I don't think so either. It would be, IMHO, the worst of all possible outcomes for all parties, and somebody would probably cut a deal before that happens.

Lee,

Thanks for the historical note. I thought it was clear and informative.

 

Actually, Continental pilots contract specifically states that they aren't required to cross a legal picket line (UAL contract has a similar clause). No excuses.

 

Obama will be all over it. No way he lets "his people" let us get within 200 miles of a cooling off period.

 

That's what I used to think. If this was small fry Airlines I would agree with you.

Note that ALPA National has not informed the NMB...........

So, essentially the UAL press release never happened. It looks like National ALPA doesn't want to go forward with this plan of action.

Any reasons why or why not?

What is Moak and the Executive Council thinking?

 

Keep your eye on "company man" Dave Zullo

He was the guy that went on on his own and single handedly negotiated the two POS side letters that would have given away scope to management at CAL.

He did this with no direction or supervision from the CAL MEC.

He anonymously joined the CAL MEC Negotiating Committee, which was somehow approved by Pierce, and never informed the CAL MEC that he was working on a so called "furlough mitigation LOA" (yes another one). Then he brings this document to the MEC and wants the MEC to approve it in about 10 minutes after reading it.

No questions, no legal review, just sign it.

No one signed it..........

Then, he goes out for round 2, all the while as serving as the scheduling chairman and negotiates another one. Who approved him to do this?

Anyway, that LOA gets shot down too. Thankfully CA. Brandano was on the MEC from Newark and shined the light on this little scum bag. After his secret LOA was shot down he and his "buddy" stormed out of the MEC. Zullo resigned from the NC (a position in which he never had in the first place). The MEC would never put him on the NC because they smelled a rat.

Zullo's got the data......You better believe he took it all with him. As far as I am concerned Zullo's a scab. He crossed over to the other side during negotiations and I think he is a double scab.

Now, what about his little buddy that stormed out with him. Well, he was on the NC, and thankfully Farrow quit too after he was "outed."