Originally Posted by
FirstClass
It sounds terrific, it really does. But its going to end. Study the mathematics of what's coming. Six years from today more major airline pilots will have retired than there are regional pilots to replace them with, ie about 18,000. If I was you guys, I would try and switch to alpa so your seniority can be properly integrated. That's what frontier just did, they see the writing on the wall, they will be merged in with spirit. The LCC consolidation hasn't even started yet. Watch for training contracts at LCC's. What's your attrition rate at Allegiant right now?
I couldn't disagree more. Not that I'm an IBT fan by any stretch, but it'd be very foolish for Allegiant pilots to join ALPA if their motive for doing so is in anticipation of merging with another ALPA carrier. ALPA's objective is always to take care of the larger pilot group to ensure that they have majority support within the merged pilot group. Case law makes it very difficult to claim that ALPA failed in its duty for fair representation if ALPA represents both pre-merger pilot groups.
The Allegiant pilots are best off being represented by IBT in the case that they were to merge with the likes of Spirit, JetBlue, Frontier, etc.
First Class: Who do you work for?
KONZ