Originally Posted by
47dog
National cares about one thing, $$$$$.
Just ask the TWA guys.
Yep, what you said....
ASAP cost nothing and was put in place by FAA and company goodwill. ALPA didn't do anything to force that program...
Aeromedical that has saved thousands of pilots from losing or getting their medical back is free.
HIMS is another "freebee" that companies wanted to give just to be "nice" to pilots who struggle with those diseases.
You'd probably have better work rules and payrates without ALPA EF&A being able to refute "company" claims on costing.
Expert labor lawyers who come in to save a pilots bacon when the company accuses them of something and threatens to fire them or dock months' of pay, we'd be so much better off if ALPA didn't have the money to keep attorneys on staff to represent us...
The recent IRA rollover provision that put hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars back into the hands of pilots whose pensions were terminated, without ALPA pushing hard I'm sure Congress and the IRA were just waiting with open wallets to give a VERY small minority of citizens a special rule that will give them a refund and interest on that money...
Fighting for the FFDO program that the TSA would love to cut, no ALPA efforts to save and expand that.
Getting CASS back so pilots can utilize jumpseats, no ALPA "care" for fighting for that....
Keeping the pressure on for KCM when the TSA was vehemently against it and dragging their feet, ALPA doesn't put any "care" into that.
When Branson and Emirates lobby to relax foreign ownership laws, ALPA is just doing nothing and collecting dues. I mean besides sending pilots repeatedly to the Hill every session to make sure Congress knows what their pilot constituents know is important and preventing detrimental changes for US pilots.
ALPA National went from 420+ full time employees pre-9/11, and cut head count to less than 330 over the last decade. Yeah, they can't stand trying to be as efficient as possible and judicious with member dues dollars...
The last two BOD meetings that voted to reduce the pay and stipends of national officers.
The most recent ALPA BOD meeting that voted to reduce dues
Yeah, I agree.... All ALPA cares about is dues money.
