Originally Posted by
baseball
I think most conservatives favor competition over a gift for labor. He's all for labor I think, but he wants companies to compete. I think the entire thing was rushed through. However, our ALPA legislative army should have been able to thwart this and explain to both administrations what unfair competition is. ALPA needs to do a better job in making the aviation industry great again. Trump wouldn't have needed to do anything if Obama had done the right thing. ALPA needs to be able to communicate to congress and the administration more effectively.
ALPA is afraid of competition and rightfully so. But ALPA lost the NAI fight. This will affect all our careers, but mostly the major pilots. How can airlines like NAI staff their fleet? I point the finger at ALPA for not having direct flows to the majors for all ALPA regional pilots. Mainline has turned down many decent pilots throughout the years. Is it fair that these pilots can’t advance their careers and fly larger aircraft for a discount airline? Or, should ALPA pilots demand that the regional rejects be stuck flying an RJ for the rest of their lives? Even if the RJ pilots don’t fly for NAI, they are going to Frontier and Spirit; which may pressure mainline wages in the future. ALPA failed at protecting RJ pilots and their career advancement. ALPA deserved to lose the NAI fight.