Originally Posted by
JesuitValen
Well, for one staples arent allowed under federal law, ever since AA raped TWA. That... wasn't very long ago, why don't you know what mccatskill-bond is?
Anyway, instead of asking "why not staple" or " why not zoidberg", ask "why not single seniority list" because they all have the same answer, a majority of pilots would vote against such proposals. ALPA is a group of loosely tied together local organizations.
ALPA and the pilots who run it have been locking down scope for a decade now on all contracts, however, regionals are seen as a stepping stone and in a corporate structure they are held as a subsidiary IF wholly owned. No union can negate legal corporate structure, and even if they could a Delta pilot knows an Endeavor or a Republic adds profit and stock value, and they'll be damned if they upset that apple cart.
In summary, pilot's don't want it, even if they did it would be illegal, even if they wanted it they'd have to endure relative category and class with fences and that would go over badly. Can you imagine a 12 delta captain junior to a 12 yr regional captain? Of course a regional would love it, but holy hell, the pilots would overwhelmingly decertify ALPA and create their own union which would hold the regional as a separate entity. Which is where we are now.
Yes I do. To bad ALPA couldn't help TWA pilots. I think you should clarify. Mainline pilots don't want it to maintain status quo in their favor and contributes to abuse by management against regional pilots. If as you say it is not legal then have something like it as a direct flow. It would never be accepted or allowed at a mainline but you or ALPA accepts abusive practices as long as its done at a regional level. Or just give the same interview to all Endeavor pilots that NWA and Western pilots had for Delta.