Originally Posted by
Fluboy340
Still dont see how ALPA is going to change anything. Only resaon that colgan has these codeshares is because they do it for less. If they raise the pay for us. The codeshares could get there flying form another company. Like mesa. I feel we are all being put in bad position. Join ALPA and get put on the bottom of the senority list. Whenever it happens, and I feel like it will. Or, dont join and who knows what could happen. I am for a union. Just ALPA isn't the one. We can find a better union, if we looked.
Join ALPA and get put to the bottom of the seniority list? It's obvious you haven't looked more into it, it is actually the opposite. What other unions have you looked into? I know the OC guys looked into them, there is no in house union at the regional level, an in house can't sustain itself at the regional level. Teamsters get you the contract, but ALPA is a professional association with a union.
BTW cheaper is not the reason we have gotten some of our contracts. We were undercut on our Continental flying but it was awarded to us.