Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
How does Flying the Line address the failures of ALPA at the regional level? I, II, and Hard Landing were all published prior to the sale of scope.
That being said, if the books do address why ALPA never brought all airline pilots under the same umbrella contract or to a minimum standard, could somebody paraphrase rather than telling the OP to go read some books?
And for the record, OP, your questions were perfectly reasonable and I'd love to know too.
You clearly didn't read the texts and regulations. ALPA has to work within the framework of the RLA. This isn't like the Teamsters representing trade unions. Our contract agreements are different. Our ability to execute self help are severely restricted. They never expire. they are amendable.
To somehow expect that joining ALPA will fundamentally transform a pilot group is pretty silly. What you've bought is resources. Each pilot group elects their representatives and uses their resources and situation to create leverage. There has rarely been a more pilot friendly leverage environment in the history of this industry.
Scott