Cute, but delusional. Yes, every ALPA property has their own negotiating committee...so does every IBT unit. The difference is that when it comes to nut crunching, ALPA national calls the shots and tells the committee and MEC, "this is the best you're gonna get, so take it or we're pulling the funding for your committee and MEC." The last decent department leader they had was Seth Rosen; who understood how to stand up...and he departed the fix years ago. Between Bruce York and John Cohen, they have decimated the place.

IBT Locals control their own money and the International only comes in IF they are invited. They don't control local negotiations, the local NC does. That's why RAH has the contract they have and why they are still a mess...because the Local Pres and the outside law firm he retained to negotiate have buggered it. When Local 747 was shut down...and part of the problem was the RAH officials and what they were doing...RAH was offered IBT 's help to get a contract done. They refused and demanded their own local to do thier own thing. They got what they wanted. The International has offered to help more than once and been told "no thanks, we got it."

Kalitta is in Section 6. GoJets the same. Go ask your ALPA heroes who ever had a kick butt first CBA. Go look at first contracts they negotiated. Either $$ or work rules, one or the other and pretty weak. Second and sucessive contracts are where you close the loopholes and make progress. Unless you have someone like ALPA who has a president that goes to a company and says, "shut down your other carrier and we'll cut you a deal on the new CBA for your ALPA property..." like they did with the CEO of TranStates and GoJet. Nice...you have furloughed ALPA guys who can't find jobs with ALPA carriers flying for GoJets (so much for solidarity), and you're going to gut them again. And when the CEO says "no" you start calling the GoJet guys scabs. A scab crosses a picket line.

Have you ever walked a picket line at your airline?