If an airline is BK(this is not about PSA but rather a hypothetical situation), and it comes to it's pilot group for concessions, would it be ok for ALPA National to tell management to go pound sand simply because ALPA is a "real union"? Putting pilots there out of jobs? The decision is up to the pilot group. Not ALPA National.[/QUOTE]

I agree with you that once a pilot group votes on something alpa national can't not deny there opinion but the union is also suppose to protect the whole group from a group that might have other motives that don't help the entire group as a whole. PSA although they have the right to made a choice that will only benefits them and hurts a lot of other carries in the long run when it comes to negotiations. A proper union would come out and try to explain to the out the group how bad there choice could be.