Originally Posted by
cadetdrivr
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)
Correct. My bad. The merger of IACP and ALPA was done first. I think about 6 months. At the time the consolidation movement was the catalyst. However, after 9-11 that catalyst turned into big time leverage.
I see allot of upside into the fish swimming together in a bigger school. Makes for a more powerful bargaining unit.