Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Yep, a national union, with seniority list is not allowed by the RLA. So why does ALPA support the RLA, the closed shop provision?
They don't support the RLA. They simply don't have a prayer of getting it changed without a hundredfold increase in PAC money. They did float a trial ballon and attempted to have FedEx removed from the RLA. Never even got out of committee let alone to either floor for a vote. Fred Smith and the ATA pulled out all the stops including canceling every Boeing aircraft he had on order if it were passed.