OK, here's the facts. I flew for 4 airlines. At every single airline, ALPA was used as a stepping stone to management, or as personal gain. A union is only as strong as it's weakest link. At every airline, you have every single pilot running into the chief pilot's office and squealing. Watch out for the guys that hang at the chief pilot's office. They will slice your throat.

Don't blame ALPA. It's not their fault.

The other major part of the problem at REGIONALS is that everyone is afraid of getting a bad/secret/ backdoor word against them. That includes THE ALPA BOYS ON THE negotiating committee.

Everything you say, or do goes back to the chief pilot's office. PIC, SIC, whatever, it goes back to them. Few pilots keep anything out of pro standards, like they should.

I work in management now. I've seen it all.

Don't blame ALPA, you ARE your're own worst enemy.