Originally Posted by
Wheelswatch
Would you take risks that put your children (DAL, UA, others) in danger for the good of your barn cat?
Causing all of these stinks take capital, all kinds of capital; monetary, political, relational, and more.
How much do we really matter to ALPA national? I don't know that answer, and I'm afraid I don't want to.
You think Oscar and Ed aren’t taking notes? I’m sure they’re watching our negotiations with a look like Mr. Smithers right before he says “release the hounds.” Indigo is setting an example of what can be gotten away with. If the NMB won’t let us strike then never in a million years will DL and UA be allowed. Whats to keep DL and UA from employing the same stingy stall tactics? They know there is no penalty or threat of a strike.
It behooves ALPA to invest that capital in us so it doesn’t have to invest even more if/when they go down the exact same roads.
And before anybody chimes in the the “keeping up PR for the shareholders” BS to rationalize that the big guys would NEVER stoop so low as to stonewall their pilots *gasp*...shareholders care about bottom line. Not us pilots.