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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.
So why the night and day difference between AWAC and TSA. Why did United pilots loose so much? It is not a matter of a blame game, but it is IGNORANT to accept ALPA for what it is just because it is a union. Nobody wins if there is an adversarial relationship between labor and management. This is why unions have disappeared over the years (ie. steel). You dont win favors by suing the airlines constantly. ALPA has not protected pilots in years past, and for somebody to think that bigger is better is flawed. Pilots need a single strong union, but with pilots willing to work for peanuts that union is as only as strong as the pilots in it, and unfortunately, pilots accross the board are not willing to put their jobs on the line to defend fellow ALPA pilots at other carriers. Pilots should put the screws to TSA, United, and so on. It's time for that. Let's face it, ALPA is not the answer to our labor woes, Period.