Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
ALPA CAVED on FT/DT. ALPA ended up SUPPORTING the ADDITION of up to 2 additional hours of duty for a two man crew. They shaped it all right. They shaped it to give management the ability to do coast to coast turnarounds all in one duty time.
ALPA also caved in on the 1500 hour rule after stating they were in complete support of it. I could go on.
Given the above, you might think that ALPA's money is being given to them by management.
Given what happened to TWA pilots and given the fact that a merger with AMR is a strong likelihood for JetBlue, I'd rather see you KNOWING who your bargaining agent is really working for.
Carl
This is of no surprise. ALPA is a business first and protects ITS interest first. When you have the grossly overpaid and bloated structure they have, unfortunately capitualation occurs much earlier in the process then it should.
Those that know this and THEN willingly sign on deserve what they get.