Originally Posted by
NVUS
And alienating their largest feed provider, too. What's that going to accomplish?
Don't feel bad. It's not just their largest feeder (not that the UAL MEC cares about who management uses for feed), it also includes Horizon, Gojet, Silver, Great Lakes, Cape Air, Allegiant, Virgin America, and a multitude of second and third tier cargo airlines.
Originally Posted by
saxman66
What about former ALPA members that got put on the street at an ALPA carrier? Does ALPA care about them still?
Yes, you are an inactive member and should be getting the ALPA furlough benefits (assuming you are still furloughed).
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
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Originally Posted by minimwage4
This is a step in the right direction but I'm a bit unclear in what this will accomplish? They're inviting us to a united pep rally??
I'm pretty sure it's illegal to make hiring decisions based on union status or activity. Most people think that protects union members but it also works the other way. So majors cannot make union membership or lack thereof a hiring criteria. So pep rally is the best they can do.
A flow through would be ok but then they lose their ability to be selective. A national seniority list would work too, but that's a pipe dream.
Where does Delta fall in on that? They are required to hire a certain percentage of ALPA pilots. Anyway, I don't think anyone is talking about hiring only union pilots. Because there will always be military pilots that they want to hire. Those would be the non-union pilots.
Originally Posted by
skypilot35
Republic, Eagle. PSA all have unions. How has that been beneficial to them? What regional carrier has a union that has been able to produce results in the form of compensation, benefits, duty time, trip rigs, days off, etc? This is not a rhetorical question. If there is such a union out there, then perhaps it should be the model for the regional airlines. ALPA certainly does not seem interested in looking out for the "little" guys.
Do you honestly think that Eagle, PSA, Mesa and republic would have been better of non-union and at the whim of their managements? This is what a lot of anti-union people miss. It's not just the gains. It also mitigating the loses when times are not good.