Originally Posted by
flybywire44
ALPA has a huge conflict of interest with regional airlines. DALPA and UALPA don't sign their own CBAs. National does, and national can't sign insourcing CBAs that damage regional airlines otherwise it may face DFR liability.
That's actually not true at all.
All they have to do is "meet and confer."
That's it. We can take back any amount of scope we want to, anytime we want to.
But we have to want to. And bargain for it. That is the only road block we face. Regional DFR's are meaningless empty threats as long as we check the right boxes and let them know we are taking it back.
There is an inherent conflict in any "association". If DL signs a contract that helps the company succeed, can UALPA sue under DFR, or vice versa? Nope. Not even close. If JB signs a contract that undercuts DL and UA and allows them continued growtn in the face of capacity dicipline everywhere else, can they sue ALPA for DFR? Nope.