Originally Posted by
CVG767A
I'd rather that Delta hires the best guys that they can find. I don't want a new guy that can't find his ass with both hands, even if he was a dues-paying ALPA member at a regional airline.
The current hiring clause is fine with me.
There are PLENTY of extremely qualified pilots with the "Delta brain"
at other ALPA RJ carriers. The more RJ pilots that find "career enhancing value" in ALPA membership, it will lead to:
1) More members and associated dues
2) a greater degree of leverage for all ALPA pilots at the neg. table
3) better pooling/division of dues(so there will be less subsidizing),
4) better ability to build a strong contractual foundation that negates the value of outsourcing in the long term
5) more influence in DC to positively affect the profession
I'm sick and tired of parasites who use the gains of ALPA pilots to piggyback those hard earned improvements in their own agreements while constantly slightly undercutting and putting downward pressure on the rest of us, making the gains even harder to get.
It was a great day when I finally woke up and realized I was a trade unionist. Hope all airline pilots have the eureka moment sooner rather than later.