Originally Posted by
Nevets
This is only because MEC members caved to perceived pressure. There is nothing in the constitution and by-laws that compel any MEC to do anything that the ALPA president or attorneys say.
From my experiences the realities don't support this.
Originally Posted by
Nevets
This was a letter penned by an Eagle pilot who was part of the executive council. He was not speaking for anyone else other than for himself as an Eagle pilot. And even if it was blessed by the executive council, it has absolutely no standing on what any MEC decides to do. The MEC has its own funds it can spend on whatever it feels it should negotiate for and no one at national can do anything about that.
We must be referencing two different Letters. The Letter I'm referring to was from Lee Moak in Fall 2014, IIRC. It was a big deal when it hit the Envoy pilot group. The general consensus was that ALPA had no problem throwing them under the bus just as they did the TWA pilots a decade prior. Obviously, our opinions on ALPA differ.
Last ALPA dues I remember was 1.95%.