Originally Posted by JetJock16

Understand that ALPA is there to assist with organizing and legal representation. They DO NOT NEGOTIATE THE TA; they provide valuable information about the company (Finances) and assist with legal verbiage (loop holes). XJT is ALPA and look at their TA. Remember that ALPA is not the negotiator and the ability of your MEC (your fellow pilots) to negotiate a good TA is dependent on your company’s current standing and willingness to respect its labor group. JO at Mesa, if they didn’t have ALPA to protect them with a legal TA under the RLA, would have his pilots working for Great Lakes pay.