If ALPA had a national seniority system, we would have a real union. Unfortuntately we are welded in place by "golden handcuffs", because to leave means going to the bottom of someone else's seniority list. Management shows up for every negotiation knowing none of us will quit.

I would rather have a national seniority list. My second choice would be Right to Work. Our current system is a distant last. We would be making a LOT more money under Door #1. Door #2 I am not sure. Door #3 has us making a small fraction of what we made 30- 40 years ago. Calling ALPA a union is a joke.

Our current Sr VP of Flight OPS came from ALPA national, and NWA. Gee, I wonder how he got the job?