Originally Posted by
eaglefly
it appears much of the APA leadership remains out of touch with the pilots who sent THEM a message as much as they did AMR with the faliure of the first TA. Perhaps a "groundhog day" moment is in order. Should that occur, I'd expect many of the reps to be recalled and months of delay for another chance at any type of consensual agreement, unless the UCC just plows ahead with Horton wthout the pilots or punts to Parker with the pilots.
APA leadership(?) out of touch, say it ain't so. Unfortunately the membership is out of touch as are most members of the airline pilot profession. Relying on negotiating tactics and associations designed in the 1930's for a regulated industry is what is out of touch. Working under the thumb of government regulations written in 1926 is out of touch. Pilots refuse to take the action necessary to protect and promote their profession thus you see pilots reduced to bus driver status in the eyes of their employers, fellow employees and the general public. The entire pilot profession should have taken action the moment the first pilot lost the first dime due to a bankruptcy ruling, but we all know what happened, nothing. Very sad.