Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
It seems like this would be the most realistic and effective way of improving pilots' bargaining positions with their respective companies, and the vast majority of pilots I've met support such a cause. It's an archaic, outdated, and blatantly unfair piece of legislation that has no place in 2015.
So the question must be asked: why has there been no significant push by ALPA to have Congress repeal or amend the Railway Labor Act?
1. The solution(s) from labor's point of view to the RLA's shortcomings may be worse then the law we currently have now. Labor has found ways around the act, they've learned to "run the act."
2. Due to both interstate commerce and movement of military forces (craf), the government wants a degree of predictability and stability. If the government can't have that, then the alternative is government control. I submit, we really don't want the government running our airline.