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Old 09-22-2007 | 06:19 AM
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ExperimentalAB
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Originally Posted by BoilerUP
Please explain the "less so" part of that.
When AWAC, just for argument's sake, goes into contract talks with it's Pilot group, sure ALPA is there and will fight for a better contract (that is the less so part - but they won't win any awards doing it, either), but rarely will they go very far (how many regional strikes have there been lately?) and really, at the bitter end, we are all just small potatos to them anyway - their business relies on the business of the Mainlines Pilot groups, not us...they'll always say they're looking out for all of us, but it is impossible to represent both Mainline and Feeder equally.

Last edited by ExperimentalAB; 09-22-2007 at 06:22 AM. Reason: Potatos is not spelled with an "e," says the current edition of United's in-flight magazine!
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