Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I actually posed that question to a very senior ALPA type from FDX. He explained that alpa is reluctant to open up the RLA for revision because there are provisions which benefit labor also. The airlines are afraid to push for changes for the same reason...nobody knows what we would end up with in the end if congress opened up the RLA can of worms.
For example, our contracts do not expire they become ammenable but are still in force. Non-RLA contracts apparently expire, and management is then free to change compensation and workrules any way they like until a new contract is signed. Of course the workers can walk out immediately too...
Not sure I agree, but this is what alpa thinks.
Agreed. There is good and bad, but... why do we have to have congress with their fingers in our pie? Heck, I think I'd want to be able to use any means necessary to better my (collective) lot in life WITHOUT the dang government's permission. The company can whipsaw us after all, so why shouldn't we have ready access to symmetrical negotiating tactics... that's all. I know what you are saying there about ALPA's stance. But... that's all. It works for UAW and Longshoremen... why not us? We aren't law enforcement, and I don't buy this crud about "national security"... bologna. If the country is being attacked, every able citizen is going to jump on board to defend 'er... strike or no strike. I just think it is too "big brother-ish". Let US duke it out when we feel like it. Ok, enough rah rah rah.
Yes, we at MAG are a crazzzy bunch. Screwing around in the sim a while back during some down time we tried doing an inverted ILS. That's fun. Reversed sensing on the GS! Bwahaha!