Originally Posted by
deus ex machina
It's not what you fly, it's who you fly for....
reading this thread, Atlas guys are in a netherworld... how can you explain something is better out there when Atlas guys don't even know what better is....
If they want to be convinced that ALPA sucks, go for it... but ALPA sucks less than everyone else, simply due to the resources... the IBT doesn't have near the funds, institutional knowledge and resources as ALPA... If you don't have the funds and ability to strike the company owns the negotiation process.. combine that with Trump NMB and the only thing that is going to compel management to negotiate is labor peace and stability... if they don't see that value then you guys are screwed....
As I said... WB FOs at my carrier make more than B747 CAs at Atlas.. and that is just the pay rate... the work rules, benefits and retirement will make you weep.
But hey, you're flying the Queen.
Maybe when ALPA can deliver a contract that pays their entire pilot group the total compensation that the IPA Union has achieved for their pilot group, then you can climb back on your high horse. For now, you and your ALPA carrier are playing second fiddle at best.