Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
They aren't going to be there.
They issued this yesterday:
"On Tuesday, January 24th a small group of pilots plan to gather at The White House regarding the former Administration's NAI decision. SWAPA has reached out to several of you asking for support for their picket outside of the White House. ALPA is NOT supporting this action as it will be HARMFUL to our continued work on NAI. President Trump and his team had nothing to do with the NAI decision and they are just starting to reverse several decisions made by President Obama. ALPA continues discussions with the new Administration, and educating them on this issue. It is possible that the new Administration will heed the request from thousands of ALPA pilots made through our call to action and revoke or suspend NAI's permit. SWAPA's protest of the White House will be interpreted as blaming President Trump for a decision he had no part in, and it will cloud ALPA's ongoing work. If you have any questions about NAI, please feel free to contact..."
Sounds pretty lame to me. SWAPA has plainly made it known that this is not about protesting anything the current administration has done. The Fox News story today spun it as airline pilots asking trump to reverse a decision made by he Obama administration. Not sure why ALPA has taken this stance, but it gives me a bad feeling that they aren't standing there today.
Sounds like ALPA has contacts within the trump administration who are listening to them. There is no need to picket if they are listening. Also, ALPA along with the APA filed a lawsuit in federal court asking them to deny NAI. They are already fighting this battle on two fronts. I'm sure that when ALPA and APA feel the time is right, they'll ask to picket the WH. Hopefully it doesn't come to that.