Originally Posted by
OccupyRestSeat
ALPA representing (or attempting to represent) both maninline and regional pilots is a conflict of interest. That's a fact. How can it possibly be debated.
It's a zero sum relationship. One gains, the other loses. It's like the hunter and the deer being represented by the same union. Absolutely laughable.
Sorry, but you are wrong. Talk to any leader at any of the regionals and they only want one thing: mainline to grow so they can get a job there. Many members of the Mesaba MEC are flowing up to Delta as soon as hiring starts again.
They all realize that their situation is untenable at the regionals. Comair is slowly dying, Pinnacle is headed to bankruptcy, and Republic is probably not far behind them.
They want mainline to grow and they want to have flow agreements so they can get to mainline. Our interests are precisely aligned, so laugh away, you are wrong.
We tightened scope in the JCBA, where was the lawsuit, where was the outrage, where was the ALPA President forcing his will on us? You are just using fear and scare tactics on the pilots.