Originally Posted by
Yak02
Take this deal!!!
CAL Captain John Prater become head of ALPA several years ago and he was going to "Take it back" and make pilots respectable again. Well he didn't. Ask him, ALPA is obsolete, broken, and can't be fixed.The ALPA tool box is worn out and holds nothing. The ALPA playbook is from doing business in the 1970's it isn't going to change.
Wow, if Prater actually said that he admits he is really dense or just self centered. One thing is for sure, he is no Rene Minjares. He tried telling Prater and all the chest beaters like Prater that very thing years ago when he put is job on the line to start an independent union at CA.
As much as anyone else and more than most, Prater is responsible for CAL being part of ALPA again. The presidency was his pay back.