Originally Posted by
Slats
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Originally Posted by Nevets
It's not all about making money. There is the whole safety and security aspect of pilot unions that you guys ride the coat tails. But just imagine what other QOL improvements you could negotiate if only you could truly negotiate. That would not only help yourselves but also the rest of the industry. As it is now, you only get get enough to keep you in the average, never setting any bar on any part of your contract. I'm not necessarily talking about every single section of the contract being the best because that never happens. But if you could get a few really nice things in, it helps others.
Again, name 2-3 regional ALPA carriers that either make $$$ or hasn't taken some sort of concession???? Are there any?
Again, who said anything about ALPA? Each mec is independent on what they negotiate in their contracts. And each negotiation is dependent on the profitability or lack thereof of each respective company. Why is that hard for you guys to understand? It's not astrophysics! During good times, generally you get improvements. During bad times, generally you get erosion. It's simple economics. That's the constant across all different unions, whether it's ALPA, IBT, Apa, regional, major etc. Both regional and mainline ALPA MECs have gotten gains when their companies have been profitable. Same can be said of all the other pilot unions. THE constant is not the letters in the name of each independent pilot group, it's the economics of the particular airline.
So please stop making these excuses for not voting SAPA as your NMB recognized bargaining agent.