I've been thinking about this "ALPA Unity" thing for the past 25+ years, ever since ALPA agreed to allow American Airlines B Scale to come onto an ALPA property. ALPA is disfunctional. The talk out of both sides of their mouth and now they represent opposing groups, Majors vs. Regionals.

So what's the solution?

I don't have time to write (or rewrite) the book on this, so I will try to keep this as short as possible. In a word, ALPA needs a National Contract, with fixed pay rates for every type of equipment. OR, go to Longevity pay, ie. the more years of airline experience any ALPA Pilot has, the more he makes. That alone will take the incentive away from Management to outsource the 100 seat (or less) flying to the Regionals.

If we want to fundamentally change ALPA, then going to a National Contract, where all ALPA Pilots are paid the same, based on Longevity Pay, with the same level of benefits across all ALPA pilot groups, would be a fundamental change.

Discuss, I've got to let the dogs out...