I don't even care about ALPA's position on this, although I believe it to be well founded. I have two main issues with using this: First, I think it opens up pilots (and others, but I'm concerned here with us) to the pitfalls of modern social media, with a particularly focused work hazard. People can say things that get taken out of context, or trolled to say things out of anger. Once it's out there, it's out there, and your name's on it. Most people seem to get that, but some don't.

Secondly, and what I'm really most concerned about, is that Facebook is a data engineering company. We are the product. It's not just your name, position and base they can see. If you're logged in on your web browser for example, it can collect data about everything you do, when you do it, and where you've done it from. Facebook collects web browsing data from other websites you visit, off of Facebook. This is what you agree to when you click "I Agree".

You bring up the health issue, Facebook can see what health issues you're searching for on the internet, what websites you searched, the time of day or night you searched, and from where you searched. They also have access to any apps you use. That's what they do. I'm not comfortable sharing that data with my employer, and neither should anyone else be. We need some clarification on this before it's used. Until then, i'd be sure to log off before galavanting around the web. And I wouldn't use the app.