I'm glad to hear you guys are talking about this.
Believe me, there is almost no one, of any background or personality, that doesn't have some complaint against ALPA over the years. ALPA has made me see red more than once. However I would strongly endorse the idea of all of us (SWAPA too!) joining together under the same roof.
This is our best hope for preserving the profession against outside forces into the future.
The process, I believe, would be that of a merger of the unions. Which would give American pilots a voice in how the unions would be combined.
I realize that this is a big step that would involve burying a lot of hatchets. But, 15,000 American pilots can have a lot of power to make this profession stronger if we are all united.