Originally Posted by
JoePatroni 
It wasn't 9/11 that precipitated the merger with ALPA movement, it was the "almost" merger with Delta that got the wheels turning. The sentiment at the time was, it looked like there was going to be mergers on the horizon and it would be much better to be an ALPA carrier than a non-ALPA carrier when they happened. The rest of that post is factual as I remember it.
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Originally Posted by
baseball
1. ALPA came crawling to the IACP begging for certification as the CAL bargaining unit. IACP was content to be independent.
Originally Posted by
AllenAllert
Joe, giving your post above, how can BB’s post be factually correct. There is far more shinola than fact.
ALPA was on the original union ballot along with the IACP, the scabs wanted no part of ALPA and the IACP won by a large margin. I, personally, wouldn't say "ALPA came crawling" but there was definitely a lot of interest on both sides. I flew a lot with Pat Burke, IACP president who completed the merger with ALPA, when he came back to the line and am reasonably certain both sides wanted the deal......maybe for different reasons.