Originally Posted by
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Salute!
@Bubba!! PLZ keep those tweets coming as I refuse to have a tweet or face account.
Here's a picture of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters pilot investigators with the Chambers County Sheriff. Since the operating pilots were represented by the IBT, the union is a party to the NTSB investigation. Traditionally a union pilot typed in the accident aircraft will be part of the CVR Group that auditions the CVR recording for the official transcript.
Sheriff Hawthorne respects the professional relationship that Captain John Jester IBT Teamsters (Pilots Union) Chief Accident Investigator from Hoofddorp, Netherlands and Captain Howard Lentz Accident Investigator from Cameron Park, CA, have with the National Transportation Safety Board. The Sheriff has reached out to these gentlemen for expert advice regarding equipment and systems of the aircraft which has been instrumental in assisting the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office with our role and responsibilities in the recovery of flight 3591.
The Teamsters have an unfortunate long history of close ties to what is euphemistically called 'The Mob'. I believe James Hoffa, the current IBT president, is the first head of the Teamsters since 1952 not to be indicted on felony federal charges. Not all of the predecessors went to prison, Jimmy Hoffa (James' father) disappeared, Jackie Presser died of a heart attack before reporting to Club Fed and Ron Carey was acquitted.