Originally Posted by
Justmeagain
By the way, I would encourage everyone that believes in DFW having their own LEC to demand that they be shown the SPAALPA finances. Ask yourself some objective questions:
How much dues income does SPAALPA generate?
How much does it cost to run an LEC?
How much income for ALPA does each base generate?
Now look at Spirit's finances:
Which bases are the biggest income generators for Spirit?
Which bases are under the most revenue pressure from our competitors?
Everyone should get educated about the finances of ourselves and Spirit. The $2.5 million MCF that we were able to secure from ALPA will be coming from whom? Delta/United/FedEx Pilots, that's who? We can't afford another LEC at this time. We wouldn't be be good stewards of other's money! Period.
Instead of asking questions intended to cast doubt on the DFW Local initiative, why not just give us the true answers?
You know the truth or you wouldn't be asking the question. Why not just post the facts vs some politically motivated BS? Could it be that the facts don't back up the perceptions you hope to create?
For the rest of you, I'll give you this. Frontier has locals at all domiciles. JetBlue has locals at all domiciles. JetBlue even has multiple status reps at JFK in order to provide suitable representation for those pilots.
At other than rapidly evolving/devolving "fee for departure" carriers, ALPA properties include separate locals except for geographically linked areas.
We, SPA ALPA, are the exception. Not the rule.
Edit: just notice squeaky bananas post. Ditto squeaky