Originally Posted by Typhoonpilot

Pulling out of markets and giving them to code share partners is not a way to save or increase ALPA pilot jobs. ALPA spends so much time pointing the membership in the direction of their chosen boogey men that the membership completely misses the fact that their premium international flying and pretty much all international growth potential is getting out-sourced to alliance/partner airlines. Often times State supported; low pay and working condition airlines which are worse than the chosen boogey men. It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.