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<blockquote data-quote="59 Dano" data-source="post: 4387456" data-attributes="member: 23516">I never said either party cared or didn&#039;t care, so I don&#039;t know what you&#039;re jabbering about in that regard.Like I told one of the others, Express couriers belong under the RLA because it explicitly covers airlines and Express couriers exceed the standards used by the National Mediation Board to determine RLA vs NLRA coverage.&nbsp; Don&#039;t think airline employees should be covered?&nbsp; Don&#039;t blame me, take it up with your congressional representatives to have airlines removed from the RLA.&nbsp; About the bill in question...&nbsp; UPS lobbied to have language inserted into the reauthorization bill to create a special rule (targeting Express) that prevented any Express employee whose employment didn&#039;t require FAA certification (pilots, crew members, mechanics) from being covered under the RLA.&nbsp; Fred lobbied for that language not to pass. We generally frown upon these types of ersatz bills of attainders.&nbsp; You, on the other hand, looked the other way because it was self-serving.&nbsp; You complain about the money that got the bill tabled but I never heard you complaining about the money that almost circumvented the letter and spirit of the law to provide you with special treatment.&nbsp; You were willing to be bought.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="59 Dano, post: 4387456, member: 23516"] I never said either party cared or didn't care, so I don't know what you're jabbering about in that regard. Like I told one of the others, Express couriers belong under the RLA because it explicitly covers airlines and Express couriers exceed the standards used by the National Mediation Board to determine RLA vs NLRA coverage. Don't think airline employees should be covered? Don't blame me, take it up with your congressional representatives to have airlines removed from the RLA. About the bill in question... UPS lobbied to have language inserted into the reauthorization bill to create a special rule (targeting Express) that prevented any Express employee whose employment didn't require FAA certification (pilots, crew members, mechanics) from being covered under the RLA. Fred lobbied for that language not to pass. We generally frown upon these types of ersatz bills of attainders. You, on the other hand, looked the other way because it was self-serving. You complain about the money that got the bill tabled but I never heard you complaining about the money that almost circumvented the letter and spirit of the law to provide you with special treatment. You were willing to be bought. [/QUOTE]

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