Originally Posted by full of luv

I always love it when "National should fight harder" for the interests of the RJ contract carriers.... How should they do that when each MEC is supposed to "fight" for itself. Bottom line, without scope (of which the contract "regional" carriers have NONE) you really have no leverage with which to negotiate/demand anything.
What can NATIONAL ALPA do besides refuse to endorse any particular contract deal? If the individual MEC's agree (for whatever reason/interest they have), what is national to do..... pull their union certification? To what end? All National can do is pretty much what they do now... provide info and resources for the contract carrier pilots with no scope the info and support to fight for themselves, but without scope, history has shown that any one contract carrier that gets out over it's skis to far has just set in motion the beginning of their demise.