Originally Posted by
Avroman
The RLA should have been ALPA's target decades ago as an antiquated set of laws that had little use in the era of deregulation. But the Major/Regional model serve the Majors well as the regionals subsidize the majors' pay. There is no way that ALPA can truly represent a Major and any of that Major's Regionals. It's in total conflict of interest.
The problem with targeting the RLA is that you don't know what the legislators would replace it with. It could be worse. Congress typically cares more about the consumer, which is who the RLA protects.