Originally Posted by
Fly4hire
I've heard all the arguments that they've tried and it won't work, entrenched ALPA lifers, etc, etc. and I don't buy it.
The numbers of who participates are hard facts. The fact is the same apathy present now will be present with any successor, and it will just be a different small group calling the shots, albeit less effectively, and the same people complaining about the lack of effectiveness of the next group.
You know what else is a hard fact dude: ALPA's willful and purposeful ignoring of their own rules in order to render ineffective the lawful Flight Pay Loss (FPL) resolution brought forth and voted on in my council.
In order for you to continue to discuss your version of what's wrong...such as apathy, complaining, etc., I know how important it is for you to also ignore what happened to the FPL resolution. But it happened. And it's happened before. This was just the most recent example. It's painful to hear the truth, I know...but the truth is that local reps are meaningless to the ALPA/DALPA permanent bureaucracy. Meaningless unless you happen to agree with their direction. If you don't, you are marginalized and mushroomed. That's the ALPA way, and it's why they MUST go.
Carl