Originally Posted by
Monkeyfly
This is what it comes down to:
ALPA member siding with republicans who usually don't side with labor or democrats that say they will and then don't when it has to do with airline pilots.
They won't as long as ALPA members keep voting for the GOP.
Labor obviously has less clout in DC due to the reduction in union membership over the past 20-25 years but the AFL-CIO still has great influence over the Democratic party.