Can someone explain to me the parts of this that I do not understand:

(1) If the complaint is against a national union which lacks power and effectiveness in coordinating individual MECs, how is a separate in house union going to fix that? It seems backwards - the way to fix a weakness in a national association is to ceede from that association.?.

(2) How is a USAPA going to be effective when the West pilots will not support it?

(3) Is the goal to keep the airline separate?

(4) There are lists of ALPA's wrong doing, but what about the Piedmont, PSA, CC Air and Allegheny pilots' history at the hands ALPA as directed by the US Air "East" MEC? Also, would leaving ALPA result in a loss of control over the ALPA represented feeder pilots?

(5) If US Air merges, or management decides to "unlock shareholder value" would a week national union be better than a bankrupt, relatively inexperienced, start up representative?

(6) How do the pilots deal with the potential whipsaw of the East and West? Or the next merger / deal?

I understand the East pilots being very angry. But, does this action get them closer to their goals? Or, is it just a vindictive effort to let ALPA know just how angry they are?

The US Air "East" pilots have certainly had a rough ride. They have my best wishes - just hope they make the right decisions and imprvoe their situation.