Originally Posted by
payingdues
True. As long as the regionals are represented by ALPA and not a seperate union were stuck.
Alpa is just not interested in financial gains for regional members imo. Its interested in keeping the majors pilots contracts high by outsourcing cheap labor.
When ALPA signs off on contracts back in the day to fly a 145 cheaper then we flew a 37 seat Props something is wrong. Actually back in the day our Flight Attendants made more money then Mesa RJ's FO's when you factored in the contract and bennies. Mesa however has seen big gains since that time and that's no longer the case, but it was back then.
Look at Republic now. Flying a 175 mainline size plane for much less then any 50 seat RJ operator when you factor in their crappy work rules and crappy benefits. The system is broken and ALPA just keeps on signing off. Until that stops there will be NO UNITY at the regional level.
It is what it is!!
