Originally Posted by
AllenAllert
Simple answer - basically, the union in place was controlled by management and scabs. The CAL guys were afraid of getting screwed if they merged with an ALPA carrier and sought to get ALPA back on property.
The CAL guys had a choice of being a scab airline fighting an ALPA carrier in case of merger or allowing the scabs into CAL ALPA. They chose the SCABS. The scabs voted for ALPA and I would assume they were allowed into whatever union CAL had before (their new)ALPA.
Well Staller, the actual truth is the scabs voted HEAVILY against ALPA. The MEC Chair who pushed the merger with ALPA was former NY Air. Numerous letters of doom were written by 'prominent' scabs about what kind of revenge ALPA would extract. In fact if not for the overwhelming vote for by Continental Express Pilots, ALPA probably would have lost. But who needs facts when you fling poop like a pathetic little hater.
https://public.alpa.org/portals/alpa...-12_01.032.htm