If you need to have your appendix removed, who do you see? A surgeon, or a pilot?


If you need representation during a divorce, who do you see? An attorney, or a pilot?


If you need a collective bargaining agent that will fairly, adequately, professionally, and vigourously represent you in matters with your employer, who do you call?

A lot of people that still believed in the goodness of the company chose to give it a whirl themselves. Many were well-intentioned, and some were not. Through the process, we matured as a pilot group and came to realize that A) the Company was not going to be generous and loving and gracious and B) we needed the resources, experience, and clout of the Professionals.


Anybody that thinks merging with ALPA created more distance from management was simply drinking too much koolaid to see the truth before.




- The truth only hurts if it should. -