Originally Posted by
bradthepilot
At the regional level, from what I've seen on other sections here, ALPA isn't universally loved and in fact a good argument can be made that ALPA is exactly the wrong group to represent any regional because it is a conflict of interest with their representation of mainline pilots.
I suspect you might be under a mistaken assumption or two as to how ALPA works. ALPA National does not do the negotiating for their member carriers, the member carriers’ pilot groups do. ALPA provides the training for those pilot negotiators and the legal and financial analysis experts to back them up. There is no conflict of interest.
ALPA is in fact the best choice for SkyWest pilots because of its size. Think of ALPA as a pooled resource. Lots of members = more resources, all of which would be available to the SkyWest pilot group.