Originally Posted by crj700

We went this route years ago when all the Eagles were under different unions. A single carrier petition was filed and granted. As result we had to pick one union for representation. APA and ALPA were the last two unions for consideration with the final selection being ALPA.

I'm convinced that had we gone APA, we would have been negotiation fodder when APA's current contract was up. APA would like to have us for leverage but as a representative entity, their loyalty would lie with the mainline.