ALPA isn't going to "chase you down". The pilots have to WANT to join. If you want the resources of the biggest and most effective pilot union in the world, your leadership needs to survey the members and then approach ALPA with a desire to affiliate. Being in and having a successful union is not a spectator sport.

Everybody needs to participate and get involved.

I wish y'all luck as an independent against Indigo. Any organization has warts, but to say that ALPA doesn't support smaller carriers is a lie. ALPA completely supported the Spirit strike, including bringing in ALPA Strike committee help from other carriers like United, Delta/NWA, FDX, and Comair. That effort was 100% successful.

The presence in DC on Capitol Hill and with the NMB is also much more in your favor with ALPA than with an independent. (Don't bother with the CAPA nonsense, nobody with influence knows what that is... But they definitely know what ALPA is and what they stand for.)

I'll be the first to welcome my fellow aviators at FAPA into ALPA.. We are stronger together than we are apart.