Originally Posted by johnso29

You are incorrect again. If a respective MEC doesn't control it's own money, then how is it that DALPA is returning dues $$$ to it's pilot group while other pilot groups aren't receiving dues refunds? How do they fund FPL to reps, or those who attend things such as Pilot 2 Pilot training? And National does not control negotiations. If that were true, then we wouldn't need NCs, would we? And is it National who elects to send a TA to MEMRAT? Nope.

Where does your dues money go? To Herndon or elsewhere?


Wow. So International CAN'T intervene, & as a result the profession suffers. Well that's fantastic representation. And a heck of a way to improve the profession. Seven PLUS years past the amendable date for RAH!!!

They can intervene in clearly defined areas like misconduct. See, they believe that members should have the control, not a monolith. Speaking of which; how's that national contract coming with minimum rules and rates of pay? It was being talked about 25 years ago...:rolleyes:

Kalitta has been in Sec 6 for over 3 years. Their pay is abysmal. 19 years to get to $173 as a 747 CA! And GoJet. Their pay AND work rules are terrible. Not one, but both. 50% DH pay. No trip rigs. No duty rigs. No cancellation pay. No min day guarantee. Along with some of the lowest CRJ700 pay in the industry. So I guess that still makes my "ALPA heroes" better then IBT.

What's your 20 year Captain on a 767 making?

And I'm well aware of the definition of scab. Although you're painting with a very broad brush when it comes to your accusations that all ALPA members are calling GoJet pilots scabs. To be true, you'd need to have proof. Which you certainly don't. You might want to retract that statement, because it's making you look very bad.

[I]Never said all. But look on this board for many pages of it.[/I]

For the duration that I've been employed the opportunity has never come about at my airline. But to display the UNITY of ALPA, I did walk the picket line to show my support for Spirit pilots.

I commend you. Unity from ALPA? Maybe you can explain why ALPA National refused to acknowledge the Amerijet strike of support them until ALPA members, a couple of LEC's and the South Florida AFL-CIO showed up on the line and shamed them into it. (Oh, that's right...Amerijet was too insignificant for ALPA to organize and like so many others, they're just "cargo pilots." The exception being FedEx who makes alot of money.) They did eventually offer to send down a "delegation" from the Strike Committee...that never showed.

Guess who did? Cops, firemen janitors, teachers, pilots, ATC folks, UPS and FedEx drivers...all kinds of folks.

Funny thing...Amerijet didn't blink an eye when Spirit walked. They were some of the first there in support. Along with other IBT carriers like Southern, World, Polar Atlas, ABX and others.