Originally Posted by
DC8DRIVER
Absolutely the stupidest thing I have ever heard.
I spent 14 years as an ALPA pilot at DHL Airways (aka) Astar. While being represented by ALPA, we lost a scope suit, a bid for 767's, AND all of us lost our friggin jobs !!!
While I contend that a union is only as strong as it's pilot group, if the national organization has other, more important (read lucrative) members, your airline will end up at the bottom of the stack.
Now, you won't be "competing" with DW and Atlas, you'll be "competing" with Delta Captain, Tim Canoll, and Delta, United, and FedEx for money and attention.
With 1224 you have all of the major ACMI carriers working with - not against - each other. They coordinate strategies and communications. They have a unified front when facing DHL and Amazon. And they have most of the unionized truckers in the U.S. on their side.
That's some pretty stupid logic thinking that ALPA would be better for K4.
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You do realize that if Council 17 would have played ball and not picketed and otherwise threw a hissy fit, that you would all probably now be working at UPS?
But since you decided to throw a temper tantrum and not play ball, DHL shut you guys down and you lost what good will you had with the IPA about bringing you guys on board.
