Originally Posted by PurpleTurtle

An opinion from someone who doesn't pay ALAP dues anymore.

Voting to replace ALPA is a big decision that can't be made emotionally. ALPA will try to instill fear of change and the competing union will try to instill anger. Neither is helping by trying to ingest emotion. This must be a rationale decision.


For me, ALPA had many strong points but in the end they presumed too much autonomy from the pilots that pay the dues. Too many times the ALPA leaders made important decisions without seriously taking membership opinions into account or flatly denied membership ratification when the membership made it clear they wanted a ratification vote.

In the end, ALPA's apparent disregard or apathy toward pilot opinion is what did them in.

I expect my representatives to represent the pilots that pay them dues. ALPA simply had too many conflicting interests and ALAP national was completely oblivious to our airlines issues. Not their fault. Its just the way it all developed over the years.

I like that all our reps are elected by the membership and directly accountable to us the membership. They listen because they have to.... No national job to chase... no other pilot group dues to lust after.

Soem folks like ALPA. To each his own.

Its just a vote. What's the harm in a vote?