You need to get your facts straight. He went there, got the type rating and then was terminated because he refused to fly the line. Admittedly not the best idea but far from how you are portraying it. In the end all that happened was he took up a spot in training that could have been occupied by someone who actually would have helped Freedom try to bust the union and he cost them money.
Having taken a SELF-imposed break from this circus, my comments are really moot.
I did not support the candidate in question simply because there were at least two better candidates running, IMHO. One of them garnered the largest number of votes. Thankfully, enough on that round to win against the entire west MIGS' block vote in the runoff. The runoff is simply formality right now.
But as far as the guy who went to Freedom, I have a first-hand experience with a similar situation.
I worked for a small outfit in Rockford, IL, whose owner (very rich, outsized ego, little common sense) had delusions of grandeur. We were running Be200s, and G-1s in scheduled service. He ordered 3 DC-9s from Texas International, of which one actually made it to the property.
Pay was okay for the time and the equipment, but when he said he would pay the DC-9 crews exactly what the Be200 and G-1 crews were paid, the pilots were concerned. We looked to ALPA who wouldn't even consider looking at us due to our size (not enough dues money for the mother ship.) We looked at their subsidiary (Union of Professional Airman???) and they were in the processed of being absorbed my the mother ship, so they were not interested in organizing us. The Teamsters accepted the challenge, and within a week we were on strike over union recognition. They immediately brought a class of strike breakers in. While they were in ground school, we convinced a lot of them to honor our picket line, but the union ENCOURAGED them to stay in class and complete training. Why? Even though there was no type rating involved, they were burning through the company's training money, hotel costs and time. Once they were out of class, several joined us on the picket line, most simply quit and went home.
But the union organizers were adamant that they stay in training and let the company think they were succeeeding. It's a tactic. It was effective. I was hired at Piedmont off that picket line and lost touch with the situation. The DC-9 NEVER flew a revenue trip, and the company was bankrupt in months.
Although it is moot, I see no reason why costing a union-busting company money, but never earning a nickel for them, is a bad thing. I think it's priceless on many levels.
