Old 08-06-2015 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
My guess: ALPA and the other pilot unions fear that what eventually emerged from Congress would be even worse than what we have now. Consumer activist groups, eager for low fares, seem to have more political clout than pilots do.
I would call one of your government affairs guys and speak to him on the issue. The short answer is that they have however it's nearly impossible to even get a sponser to move the legislation to comittee. A few years back they tried a baby step first and asked to have Fedex removed from the RLA since they clearly don't belong there. They did get it to comittee but it died a quick death when Fred Smith pointed out all his aircraft purchase contracts had a RLA clause and he would cancel them and buy Airbus. Keep in mind that ALPA PAC money is a tiny sliver of money compared to the funds Boeing and the ATA bring to the fight.
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