Originally Posted by
wareagle
The most fundamental problem in the airline career right now is regional FO pay.
Would you be willing to support a flattening of your payscales where your Captains make less but FO's make more? As you already know, your union, made up of mostly your senior pilots, control the payscales. The company doesn't really care how it is divided up (although they care more now that a pilot shortage is on).
Originally Posted by
wareagle
If ALPA had any sense, if Moak wasn't completely disconnected from reality, and if half our reps weren't "that's business" types who have vague MBA ambitions of their own (since that allows them the psychological benefit of looking down on some of us), then this would be the focus in a huge way.
It's not "paying dues". It's insanity.
Alpa doesn't represent you or your interests. Alpa represents Major Airline Pilots and their interests only. You guys have to absorb this. Don't get me wrong, Alpa is happy to collect your dues, but Alpa is basically saying you as a regional airline pilot benefit once you make it to the majors, not before. The less you get paid at the regional, the more you get paid at the major. Moak is not disconnected, lol. He doesn't care about you at this level. He knows perfectly well what goes on at these regionals, but its not something he truly concerns himself with.