Personal attack eh? You want to know how I feel about FAPA? Frontier pilots?

I have nothing against the Frontier pilot group. I think you are a good group of people who at one point worked for a respectable and quality major/low-cost airline. What you guys fail to realize, is that when you were purchased by Republic Airways Holdings, that all went out the window.

I understand the loyalty you guys have to FAPA. They have been good to you over the years, and based on past experiences it is against human nature to put into question if they will fail you in the future.

I feel that FAPA is not capable of representing you, or me, when it comes to an anti-labor management. Your previous management worked with you. Your new management will do nothing but work against you, even if they tell you something different. Unfortunately for everyone, it will take years for you guys to realize this.

RPC? If it was put together a year ago, with all of the kinks worked out, with huge protections for both pilot groups...... I would be one of your biggest fans. When I heard of the purchase, I thought this would be a great opportunity to join with FAPA in having an in house union.

Unfortunately, RPC is viewed by myself and every RAH pilot I have taked to as a last ditch effort to protect FAPA and only FAPA. You guys have made it clear that you are separate, and will do anything you can to remain separate. You have made it clear that you work for a different airline, even though your checks are signed with the same name. You have made it clear that you have paid your dues and deserve better than us. Maybe, but that is not how the world works.

Have you stopped to ask why we care that you are voting on concessions? It does not hurt us. Hell, it actually helps us that you are saving the company money. But are concessions the right thing to do? Are they the right thing to do for every employee, unionized or not, at Frontier? Absolutely not.

We have battled and battled and battled with our management, with our hands tied by the RLA. To see your current union leadership work with them and to OFFER any type of concession makes our blood boil.

We need to work together. If you fail, we fail. If we fail, you fail. Therefore we are on the same team. We need to stand before management as a whole (ibt), not two separate groups(rpc). This is the only way we can protect ourselves, our coworkers, and our industry.