Originally Posted by
Aksleddriver
When were airlines not ran by unions ? Web say alpa was formed in 1931 😃
Did ALPA start out representing every airline in their first year of operation?

That same timeline that you probably got your number from says that ALPA first represented American Airlines in 1939.
I thought this was interesting:
"1960: Southern Airlines pilots strike over equal pay for equal work.
ALPA created and operated Superior Airlines to compete directly on Southern routes...."