Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
No, I'm not discussing ALPA represented regional/major airline PWA's. because those documents allow people to perceive what they wish as to whether its outsourcing or not. I'm talking about ALPA communiques in any form that discusses the massive outsourcing of jobs or the attempt now to insource some of them. Similar to the many ALPA communiques/documents trying to educate us on the dangers of foreign ownership and cabotage. Where are any similar documents from ALPA discussing the job devastation of outsourcing major pilots' jobs over the decades?
Not even grammatically using the word "outsourcing" Hillbilly. ANY document or communique from ALPA that uses similar words to discuss the movement or transfer of major pilots' jobs to others.
Negotiator's notepads discuss what a LOCAL union is trying to explain regarding their particular PWA, I'm not talking about LOCAL chapters of ALPA. I'm talking about ALPA national. They are our national union. They are the one developing these national strategies.
Am I clear enough now?
Carl
I think I understand now. You're looking for documents from National. I personally believe the outsourcing that has been done over the last few decades and the recent attempts to regain that flying (insourcing) has been entirely driven by the individual MECs (local chapters as you are now calling them). I don't think either concept was nationally driven. I believe they were locally driven and local decisions made at local bargaining tables. That's why the relevant information is in local communications. Just my opinion.
I do appreciate you clarifying for me though.