The answers needed are easy to find. There are thousands of pages of law, and interpretive rulings published. The Reserve Officers Association is likely our pilots best advocate. Their resources are quite robust.

But the real answers are in the law, in US Code. Having answers and having the ability to fix the problems are two different things. Attorneys are really the only ones qualified or competent enough to seek remedy.

Legally speaking, ALPA is very non-confrontational. They don't want to sue anyone. ALPA tends to stick with grievances, mediations, and arbitrations.