Originally Posted by
tsquare
Actually, I don't think Mr Anderson cares one way or the other. While he likes having a union that he can work with, having one he can't won't change any of his plans... The one thing he DOES know is that we have a contract that is valid forever under the RLA. We demand the moon, he says no, and we are APA part 2. Easy breezy, and just business. Carl will have to live with none of the fallout either.
It is this falsehood that ALPA is using as the excuse to never fight management on anything. Blame the RLA and focus on the APA's mistake with American, while never mentioning Spirit's release to strike. ALPA does this as a cost saving effort. Strikes cost money, and ALPA is a little tight on that right now with all the lawsuits they've lost and those losses that are upcoming. Their best business case is to take in the greatest number of dues dollars, and never send out any of it on a strike or even a pre-strike effort. For ALPA, it's not about representing their pilot members, it's simply a cost/benefit analysis on any effort to fight a management team anymore. The RLA is their perfect false argument.
Carl