Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
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...."
So we have the RLA written in 1926, amended to apply to the Airlines in 1936. We have ALPA which began in 1939. We have a strike that occurred in 1960, and we have deregulation which happened in 1978. Now will the history scholar in the room tell me what any of this has to do with why an airline pilot does not get paid for his experience when we move to another company?
My next question is why do we only get paid when the main cabin door closes and the brake is released?