Originally Posted by
Blkflyer
Your ALPA rep will be who you vote in, ie your fellow pilot You have the power to voice your concerns Dont think ALPA is going to come in and change this and that, that is not what ALPA, IN the end YOU are the ones who will command change and you have the Coffers of ALPA to support you.
Believe me, I understand that concept, and saw it in action in STL while I was at Trans States. For the most part that was a very unified pilot group with leadership that did a lot to stop GoJets. But IMO ALPA national left us out to dry. It really bothers me when I talk to mainline United pilots and they've never even heard of GoJets, much less know that they are an alter ego carrier. That tells me that ALPA national did a terrible job of getting the word out about what was happening to their "brothers" in STL.
So that's partly what I mean when I say that ALPA stands for only the most senior of pilots right now. They certainly haven't cared about the junior pilots at majors, evidenced by the now extreme number of RJ's, and I haven't seen ALPA national do all that much for RJ drivers either. If ALPA was truly a group that fights for every pilot every time, I believe that they wouldn't have any trouble being voted in at SkyWest.
Originally Posted by
Thinking man
And, what was the pay raise for the EMB pilots? Seems like SkyWest management (and SAPA) are doing fine job dividing pilots...
No where in any post did I say SkyWest pilots were any more unified than any ALPA group. The Bro guys got skrewed, the only consolation is that it looks like the majority of our Bro's are being replaced with jets and it looks like (fingers crossed) that it won't result in any domicile closings.