Originally Posted by
baseball
4. There was no "hand-book" or you-tube video to watch by those attempting to put the CAL pilots back on the right track. We knew we needed a union to move the ball while trying to protect our pilots. Ops Group had limitations. IACP was getting the job done, but in the Post 9-11 environment of survival of the fittest it seemed wise for the fish to start swimming together for self protection. Hence, the logical move to join ALPA. Absent 9-11, I think ALPA would not have been successful at courting the CAL pilots. The senior would still not care, the scabs would still be self-absorbed, the junior would still be looking at fast upgrade times.
Originally Posted by
tailwheel48
Most accurate post on the subject ever!
Um, not quite.
Althought I'm not nearly familiar enough with the internal IACP history to reasonably judge everything mentioned, it's a HUGE red flag when something as significant as this on the timeline is misrepresented.
IACP and ALPA merged
prior to 9/11. (
source)