Originally Posted by
meyers9163
You realize ALPA PAC is about numbers not money. I am no longer at an ALPA carrier but will continue to donate. A $1 donation puts your name on the PAC list and when speaking to Senators and Congressmen numbers matter. They know numbers=votes. So yes this sabotage issue is VERY important for ALPA, Regional Pilots, Majors, Cargo and all US born pilots. You think there's not some senators that would love Quatar to go do routes like PHL to SFO or JFK to LAX etc? Those are OUR jobs at stake let alone the international routes these airlines would take over and kill.
That's all nice. But when YOU look at it from the regional perspective, why should regional pilots have any loyalty to ALPA or US mainline carriers, or US mainline pilots who do nothing but crap on us?
Regional pilots are getting jobs with Mideast carriers in droves, getting paid better and treated way better than with US carriers. and why do we care if Emirates, Qatar, and Ethihad take over US int'l. US regionals will just code share for them! Our jobs will still be secure, and we'll get paid/treated better.
Face it. Int'l scope is a mainline problem. Don't crap on us, then ask us to run with the flag when you need our help.