OK, I want flight ops to open a base in morgan city Louisiana so I can go fishing every day and I also want to be the number one B777 Captain there.


Can I get a special carve out for that?


Seriously,

If ALPA negotiates a special "deal" for IAH B737 pilots they do so at the expense of the rest of the dues paying membership. So, I doubt if ALPA would do this as ALPA has a duty of fair representation for all pilots.

Additionally, the company runs the airline not ALPA. If we somehow get in the manpower planning and staffing business, then the membership, if disenfranchised with the result will be mad at ALPA and not at management. It's management's mess to fix, not ALPA's. We certainly don't want to negotiate against ourselves, and with our own dues dollars.

I believe the LC 171 Resolution to be "out of order." I most certainly would call for a point of order on this for the above mentioned reasons. Moreover, who wrote this? It is very poorly written.