I note that the Supreme Court has dismissed the Leave application. Pity. As I understand it, that is not a reflection on the merits of the issue before the courts, but rather, an indication of how important this issue is in relation to the national interest, given the limited number of legal issues ...

How contrite of you to now claim to be a staunch defender of human rights vis a vis retirement, when you yourself did nothing while in control. Cheap shot, sir. And not at all consistent with the facts, as spelled out repeatedly on this forum over the past several years. He offered insight into the...

The Federal Court of Appeal, the second highest court in the land, could have brought all of these issues to a close, had it confronted the significant legal issues raised by these appeals and rendered an appropriate decision, based on law, regardless of which side would have won. The court obviousl...

Gawd, the more one ponders this, the more strange the outcomes could look. I have been following this issue with keen interest, primarily for its impact on other unions and employers in the federal jurisdiction. Here’s how I see this unfolding, assuming that the court of appeal decision goes in fav...

I just finished reading the submissions and am not too concerned. I doubt that the FP60 group will have anything to celebrate about. It seems to me that they have quite a hill to climb in order to gain retribution for their perceived losses. Interesting. Your read of the submissions is obviously di...

Or maybe ACPA could go bankrupt and the judgement could go unsatisfied? There is no contemplation within the Canada Labour Code that a union can declare bankruptcy, especially to avoid the adverse financial consequences of its prior decisions. Moreover, section 43 of the Code provides that a succes...

Ahhhh the irony. We're all picking up the tab now, fighting these same dudes that were hired under the exact same rules we were. Having followed this topic with interest for some time, it still surprises me to see emotion displacing facts. My understanding of "the exact same rules" is that the mand...

Two can play the airline bankruptcy game http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/steven-pearlstein-two-can-play-the-airline-bankruptcy-game/2012/04/27/gIQAJ239nT_story.html?hpid=z4 Over the past decade, major airlines have figured out how to use the bankruptcy code to accomplish what they have never...

I have a number of questions about the implications of today's decision... 1. If the Tribunal is bound by the prior decision of the Federal Court for all complainants after Vilven and Kelly, to find that the terminations are contrary to law, are Air Canada and ACPA not similarly bound? Why have they...

I am an outsider seriously a career change at age 30 to pursue a career in aviation. For what it's worth. Make your decision outside of any information that you might receive on this Forum, no matter what kind of advice that you might receive. The people who post here, including myself, are not pro...

How far do you think that would fly in court and subsequent appeals....just because one is "right" doesnt mean you'll get what you're "owed"..... You might want to Google any of the on-line dictionaries regarding joint and several liability. Your answer is not consistent with any of them. With join...

For someone who has no dog in this fight (your claim), you seem to have a lot of questions and bias against ACPA. Questions? Yes. Bias? No. Amusement? Absolutely. At a time when your union needs to be holding everyone together focusing on common long-term objectives in the face of very real threats...

Sam Gompers, the "father" of collective bargaining who was the founder of the American Federal of Labor (AFL) that later joined with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) to form the still active umbrella labor organization AFL-CIO once said, "Labor's worst enemy is an unprofitable employer...

For someone who has no dog in this fight (your claim), you seem to have a lot of questions and bias against ACPA. Another serious question, answered with a lobbed grenade. How about taking a shot at answering the question asked? Were you at the airline during the last experience with CCAA? My under...

I am curious if anyone in the know could answer this question, as I honestly don't know the answer myself. If Air Canada and ACPA are jointly liable for the damages ultimately awarded to those pilots whose complaints are upheld, as they apparently agreed to be, or at least as they appear to be by re...

Your truth, my truth, and the truth.

Even if ACPA were to TRY and Impose a "special assessment", the pilots could de-certify the union the next day. (Did you think the pilots have forgotten this trick?) Have you absolutely zero concept of how liability works? You might wish to think that one through a bit. Let's assume that the damage...

I'm to lazy to read all the topics on this crap. I don't care if you take as discrimination or not. At that age you are not on the ball as you once were like when you were 50 or 55 for that matter. Thank you for that. Now, please, go back to playing Pinball, or Words With Friends, or whatever you w...

This is a huge crack in the ice.

Does anyone have a link to the decision?

Parliament is on a break week now, but Act III begins the following Monday: http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=5211009&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=41&Ses=1 Final curtain could come within three weeks, but in any event will come before the end of this session of Parliament in e...