Originally Posted by
NE_Pilot
That is the very definition of closed shop. You may be "well versed" but you don't know what a closed shop is? Guess my definition of "well versed" is off.
If you have to be a member of ALPA to get hired at an ALPA carrier how are you not being forced to join ALPA? You cannot get the job without joining the union.
Now, I will concede that the original post by Anchor Down said hire from only union carriers and not hire only union members which is two different things because you can work for a union carrier without being a union member.
Did you actually read what I said?
You're not being forced to join ALPA, you're being rewarded.
There's plenty of non union carriers a non ALPA pilot can still get hired at.
But really it doesn't matter. This was a "feel good" resolution that has no chance of going anywhere. If you truly had the experience you claim you would know that.