Originally Posted by
mking84
Some want ALPA, many dont. Some want Teamsters, and others just wont. It seems to me that ALPA is bad for most carriers. Somebody please explain why ALPA is so great. Do you support their handling of situations. Examples come to mind......United, American, TSA and the list goes on. Seems the happiest and best paid pilots are at NON ALPA carriers....Southwest, SkyWest and so forth. I for one am not suprised by this letter. ALPA needs to stop forcing their lanyards on everybody else. They just suck.
Try telling that to FedEx, Express Jet, Air Wisconsin etc, etc, etc. People are looking for a scape goat, and ALPA happens to be it. Sure ALPA is not perfect, but you are very ignorant if you think you are better off without a union! ALPA is the pilots get it! When you pay your dues you are a member of the organization. I just don’t get why people think that if they pay a couple thousand dollars a year and contribute nothing as far as time they are entitled to a huge contract. I would pay the money alone just for protection.
The union is as strong as the pilots period. Its a tool, you can buy one and never use it, or you can buy one and never learn how to use it, or you can buy one and make effective use of it. Comparing unions is like comparing hammers from your local home depot, some are better than others but all will get the job done when used properly. Or used at all for that matter.
Look up Air Wisconsin’s new contract negotiated threw ALPA.