Originally Posted by
baseball
We need to have another political lobby group formed to represent our interests that is more powerful than those that are advancing their agenda's at our expense. If ALPA is not up to the task, then ALPA should say so and tell us that. It would be better to spend our money on something else in the political arena. As far as contract maintenance, negotiations, and enforcement, ALPA is doing Ok there.
It gets really old listening to pilots like you who blame ALPA instead of dealing with reality.
Guess what? We live in a capitalistic democratic society in which the average person makes $50k, dislikes unions and hates airlines even more and you think ALPA-PAC is ineffective. WRONG! We are outgunned and most pilots don't even like the fact that they are dependent upon their union for making a decent living.
But please let us know when you figure out your majic political solution. I for one am all ears and wait with unbridled anticipation for your cure for all that ails the piloting profession.