Originally Posted by
scambo1
Well all you church skipping heathens, did my post get turned from a molehill to a mountain or what.
I agree ALPA has more influence than any other union or union group. That said, America is for sale, wake up, look around.
I contact my Congressional reps. My son goes to school with the children of (people of great influence in politics) I speak with them (parents) often. I write the letters too. Not a sheep here.
Heck, T doesn't even back the PAC and he's dogging me?
I have no hope of ALPA legally stemming the Mid East influence.
Lobbying will never work for ALPA when their political opponents are larger and funded to the hilt. Even if ALPA had 100% participation for the PAC, they still would be woefully underfunded.
That said, same goes for CAPA and DPA.
Only way ALPA would get noticed and leverage is an SOS. What do you save that for, cabotage, foreign ownership, baseball style arbitration, a pre clearance facility in the ME, what? What is going to be so important that the ultimate leverage will need to be used?
More importantly, will the leadership of ALPA have the gonads to back one up and will the membership have the rocks to unify and do it?
Not sure about the current leader. Seems way too political and interested in his next career move. Always has even when he was here.
Open to ideas if anyone has them vis a vis the career killer potential events that are on the radar.
FIIGMO, want to weigh in as you said, "ALPA is the best prepared to serve the pilots going forward." How so? TOGA LK, goes for you as well, and don't get into DPA v ALPA. We have already established that the DPA alone would have no effect on these major issues.
T, you were correct in your post as well about aligned interests. You went on to say, "If for no other reason, THIS is the reason that we need national unity with a voice that is heard. This is deregulation in the final phase... world deregulation... cabotage.... Chuck Shumer wants it. Barry Owebama wants it..."
How do you obtain that unity even within ALPA? Two majors out of three belong and a couple handfuls of regionals. What in your estimation can ALPA do to thwart the greatest threat you mention, cabotage?