Dear Cactus Pilot,
The sky is not falling and there is no need to be afraid of the USAPA. They simply do not scare us, and worrying about them doesn’t keep us up at night. If USAPA should prevail in the upcoming election, they will very likely face humiliation and failure on a magnificent scale. We began to see USAPA as a viable threat back in August, and have been closely observing them as they have publicized their plans for us. We have also been developing what should be an effective counter-offensive. With ALPA, our hands have been somewhat tied as National sought to move things along at a pace which National calculated to benefit and appease the East. The Rice Committee, National’s delay in presenting and defending the decision, and even the Steering Committee were all designed to wear us down and force the AWA pilots to relinquish our legal rights.
The East doesn’t even understand that National was assisting them by playing their delay game with all of theses ad-hoc committees, none of which have any basis in ALPA merger policy or the Transition Agreement. It is obvious to us that our legal standing is just that strong- if National, and the East MEC, have been unable to undo the binding arbitration (and they really, really want to), then USAPA stands virtually no chance. The only option is for us to voluntarily modify the award, and your leaders have wisely chosen to decline.
USAPA is built on numerous fundamentally flawed assumptions, among which are; 1) that they will not be bound by the seniority arbitration, 2) that date-of-hire is fair because several other groups use it, and 3) that “majority rules,†is an absolute in the American Justice system, and supersedes prior contracts and agreements. They are wrong on all counts. We have been working behind the scenes to counter USAPA, and counter them we will. This is not simply a concept, idea, or idle talk, but rather a reality. We will gladly take to them to court- not maybe, but will, and soon at that.
The Leonidas LLC Board of Directors is comprised of Captain Ken Stravers, chairman of the Merger Committee, Captain Roger Velez of the Merger Fund Committee, former First Officer Kevin Horner, previously of the merger committee, and the cofounders of Leonidas LLC, first officers Jeff Koontz, who is himself an attorney, and Eric Ferguson also of the Merger Committee. We are directing our law firm with the express and sole purpose of protecting the interest of the former AWA pilots. Our lawyers do not work for free however and your continued support is required.
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Leonidas LLC
2650 FM 407 Ste. 145-147
Bartonville, TX 76226
I'll leave with that, not wishing to put up any improper generalizations about the west, their "Righteous Position"/etc...much less words in anyone's mouth 
