I'd like to point out that the paper titled, "A Plan is a Good Start" under the ALPA shenanigans thread, sounds an awfully a like our current contract negotiations. Its uncanny in some circumstances. Specifically the one side (CAL) stalling and/or blocking the negotiation process to for the benefit of its own pilots. While at the same time, hurting the whole pilot group and diminishing their leverage we would have otherwise as a unified group. To summarize for those who didn't read the paper, CAL ALPA stalled because they were afraid of an SLI while at the same time benefiting from a whipsaw against the UAL pilots. CAL was getting more airplanes, more routes and hundreds of upgrades at the expense of UAL pilots. Adding fuel to the fire, was ALPA national being in bed with management and the NBM. Why in our TA, did you not take a single concession and push that sham of a TA like it is the second coming of Jesus? While the rest of us go nothing or less, especially the ERJ side.

To me (CRJ pilot), from the rhetoric that's been that's been spewed on here by supposed ASA union reps, and the hate that now spread into our cockpits, it sounds like you guys have gotten into to bed, very comfortably with management. That you, at the expense of the ERJ guys, are snuggling up with them to secure gains for yourselves. Either financially, or for your careers by securing management positions, or both. Which I guess would go hand in hand. By saying that there are "big announcements coming soon", and we are making plans that do not include the ERJ side, you are confirming that.

When I used the fatigue policy after 14 hours on duty, I got call from our union fatigue rep. This has never happened to me before or after this event. He, with out actually using the words, accused me of using the fatigue policy to get out of doing work, and that I was "frustrated" by the events of the day. Also, that he and the company rep both agreed with that assessment. Needless to say, I was furious. I followed up that with a call to the company fatigue rep who works with the union on fatigue calls. Now what the discussion that followed was almost verbatim to what my union rep and I discussed. So if you (ASA ALPA) are not in bed with the company, then why would you sound exactly like them and not stick up for your pilot and side with the company?

Now, we have the current events. After over 3 years, we get a TA. All be it a worthless one, but we got one. Now 10 months or so after, we have no progress. Now we have a propaganda campaign aimed at belittling and aliening the ERJ side, and promoting the sentiment over on the ASA side of leaving them to rot. While at the same time clamming that the CRJ side is going to benefit from some mystery announcement and that "our future is so bight I need sunglasses", as put by one of you on here. Do you know how that sounds? The message you are sending about you morality as person and a fellow pilot. What about our other reps? As someone who is expected to display professionalism at all times? What are you doing behind closed doors we do not know about?

In my opinion, as observed by me because of your (ALPA) actions, past actions, and history as shared with us through other that have been there, you are in bed with our management. You are looking out for yourselves and yourselves alone. I caution everyone to question and be very suspicious of the people in our, the ASA MEC. As put by the founders of our country, we are strongest as a Union. Why are you trying to divide us? That's a tactic taken by management, not labor unions. Again giving evidence to my point that you're in bed with management. They are already winning and you are too stupid to see it. And by them I mean our company and mainline. They would "choose" us because they know you are weak. They know you are greedy. They know they can get away with a ****ty contract and no improvements if they eliminate the "expensive" and "militant" side. And you are buying in.

Why would I care if I benefit from us selling out the ERJ side and getting more planes and upgrades? Because this is the exact behavior that had degraded this profession. This is the exact behavior we need to stop. It needs to stop because our future as airline pilots depends on it. Our lively hood depend on it. If we keep selling out and undercutting fellow pilots. then this free fall will never stop. Not to mention, that these questionable people who are in our Local, will someday end up in ALPA national. Who is also in bed with airline management. They will be working on things that can effect all airline pilots' our lives for years to come.

Captain Tony, JoeMerchant, Bozo and friends, I am calling you out. One of you please PM me, and explain to me why your are spreading this garbage as a rep of my union that I pay a lot of money to represent me. Not only at the local level, but a national level as well. Hell, if you want, I will PM you my number and you can call me. Prove me wrong. I understand the PBS argument, but I fail to buy into this stall tactic. How can this be the ONLY hold up to our TA? How come there has not been a resolution to this issue put forth after all this time? Just an occasional short email advocating for our PBS system. You have had 4 years!