Originally Posted by
NightIP
I left Omni for Atlas 3 years ago and it's night and day. I heard all the "lateral move" stuff before I left too, but I assure you it wasn't a lateral move. We have our issues, but nothing like Omni issues.
We have a ways to go to get up to industry standard with our contract (openers begin in a few months), but our pilot group is ready to fight for it. The Stockholm Syndrome folks are few and far between; if you guys want to better your position, you have to stop defending Omni and start unifying.
Unity is only as good as the leadership which heads the collective mass. With that said, Alpa is far from perfect but Teamsters needs to stick to trucking and warehousing. Lack of effective communication is the biggest barrier to unification amongst the masses. On the few Alpa contracts I've had the chance to vote on or give input in, there were no shortage of conference calls or newsblast. Unless something changes in the near future the lack of communication from the union to its membership will be the demise of a decent contract.
Once again, I'm naive so my opinions really don't mean much.