Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

A bridge exists between Purple Drank and Liene Lodge's positions.

The whole point of a national union is so that we can coordinate our interests before we sit down with management. We can coordinate to unify. In unity there is power.

Unfortunately we've had successive administrations, both local and national, which have failed to administer our Association in accordance with it's governing documents. Structurally, we lack any sort of judiciary function except for action by our Status Reps, most of whom don't truly understand the Admin Manual and Constitution. As a result attorneys from National come down, run over our Reps like a Zampolit in the old Soviet empire.

Much of this problem exists so that our union can engage in selling one member's job to benefit another member. We are where that problem starts, and ends.

Mark my words, ALPA is probably going to lose this whole NAI fight because we lack the moral authenticity to take a political stand. A certificate of convenience in Ireland is not a whole lot different than one in Columbus Ohio, St. George, Utah, or College Park, Georgia. What is the difference? NAI pays better than DCI. We've been selling every job we could for years. Are we just ****ed because we are not getting paid?

Don't get me wrong, fighting NAI is the right thing to do and I send money to help ALPA PAC in their mission. But, our hypocrisy on DCI muddies the water too much to pigeonhole anyone on NAI.