Originally Posted by
eaglefly
If regional pilots were smart (and had some balls), they'd form a half dozen or so pilots in a group and get grass roots movement to form a new union strictly for the interests of regional airline pilots and coordinate with equivalent groups at other regional carriers.
If you could form a new regional union for the largest 2 or 3 regionals, I'm sure most others would follow. If you really examine ALPA's effectiveness over the last decade for ALL its represented pilots, you'd see they've become virtually worthless.
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Yes, that sounds like a great idea. Then they could pay 5% dues because that's what it would take to fund such a venture, and even then only if the biggest regionals like Eagle and ASA/XJT were to join. Without them, think 10% dues. So, in other words, that wouldn't be such a smart move after all.