SlumTodd_Millionaire
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Sorry, but trying to staple 80% of the other pilot group's pilots to the bottom of your seniority list is rape, I don't care how much longevity you have. East pilots need to learn the difference between longevity and seniority. They aren't the same thing. A 20-year East pilot has a lot of longevity, but he doesn't have jack for seniority.
DFR suits are very rarely successful. The law gives unions a "wide range of reasonableness" to conduct their affairs internally, and courts don't like to intervene. That's what makes this case so incredible. Actually winning a DFR suit, especially with a unanimous jury verdict, is amazing.
To answer your question, though, the relief that the judge could render could be both monetary and injunctive. He could issue an injunction against uSAPa to order them not to seek DOH seniority integration, for example.
uSAPa is well on their way to bankruptcy already. I'd be very surprised if they last another year. They are currently having to use special assessments to fund ongoing union activities, including the appeal that they're going to file on this ruling. That brings the grand total to three separate special assessments that uSAPa members are having to pay to fund the "union's" operations, not including their normal dues rate. They are hemorrhaging money.
No, that decision was made by a valid vote under the NMB rules, even though it was right down party lines with the East majority outvoting the smaller West group, so a judge can't undo it.
I'm sure they're requesting large amounts of monetary relief as part of their litigation, so that could be considered repayment of agency fees, but most of the pilots aren't paying them, anyway. Most of the West pilots are refusing to even pay the agency fee, and the company won't terminate them like the East wants.
