Lambourne, I've had a lot of anger toward both UALALPA and ALPA national. Your post does a great job of expressing exactly how I feel. I am realizing more and more that it is the f$king self-serving individuals that we've elected rather than the entire union.
I'd rather see an inhouse union but I don't want to see any of the clowns you mentioned in any union position. There are some good people in the union but there are a lot of manipulative self-serving aholes who don't care about the membership. It reminds me more of the corrupt old Hoffa Teamsters than a representative union.