Logpilot,
I think you might just want to check the source of your information regarding Captain Mullen. It was reported to me today that if Captain Bob Mullen has been sacked for misconduct then there has been a slight error on the company's part for he has not been told yet....and currently considers himself to be a full fledged member of the Air Logistics pilot staff extant. Or is my information source in error?
Did you perchance, really mean to say a guy named Holland or something like that and merely have a slip of the tongue. You know the old saw about a slip of the tongue and you can find yourself in the ....well...in it.
A second bit of rumour and innuendo surfaced as well....we have heard of the one lawsuit filed by the company against the union but what of the alledged six suits filed or to be filed by the union against the company?
Are there that many suits flying around besides Ol'Homer.
There was made mention in a US based website that purports to be the best helicopter website in the world (it most assuredly is not) that a Union Negotiating Team member jumped ship and is now a Base Manager for the company.
Is that a fact?
It leads one to believe, based upon Duck Law, that maybe the company may have had an unfair advantage during the negotiation process.
Was that base manager's job advertised and open for competition by any qualified individual or was that a spot promotion for meritorious service above and beyond the call of duty? Why would the company select a known union activist to be a base manager in the middle of a hotly contested CBA negotiation? Interesting situation that without benefit of knowing the truth....raises some eyebrows.
That promotion sure begs the question of how such a staunch union man could overnight elect to forsake his union brothers and join the very management team that is hotly contesting the negotiating strategy he was a part of planning.
Considering his situation....just what was he thinking when he made the move? Surely, he knew that would cause tongues to wag and generate suspicion amongst those he left? He is a far, far, braver man than I. You reckon he discussed the potential move with his close friends and associates on the negotiation committee (union side) and sought their counsel before he announced his resignation from the committee and union?
Please Logpilot.....if I am off base here....set the record straight.