Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Carl;
I still stand by the point that it is better to have the regionals under our national umbrella then on their own. Those reasons have not changed. If you would like a change in structure at the national level, advocate for it, but it is better to control their representational cash flow then to have them think there is nothing to lose questions are bargaining exclusivity.
News flash. We don't control their cash flow, they control ours. We only get about 30% of our dues money back from ALPA. Much of that difference goes to the regionals who are not viable unions without our money taken from us to support them.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Yes, I want ALPA to survive, and I want our pilots to fix what they advocate as its failings. There are a great many things that ALPA and DALPA do well, and I would hate to see those squandered because people are not willing to put in the hard work of unifying pilots under a common cause within the system, but instead tout an alternate system as the solution to all of the woes of the piloting profession. USAPA did that and it does not seem to have been the answer to their problems.
Ah yes, the USAPA comparison. Haven't heard that shameless scam for a while. It's always good to hear it come back because it's just more evidence that there is no defending ALPA's actions other than scare tactics and flat out ignoring of ALPA's actions.
Carl