Originally Posted by
full of luv
As someone not privy to the details....how did this go down? I thought ALPA national can only assist ALK MEC in preparing and perhaps selling a TA, but how can the "jam down a TA" that 80% are against despite the MEC?
Did ALPA National impose the TA upon the ALK group? Not sure how that could work since ALPA is actually just an association, and not truly a union.
This is correct in principle but I am aware anecdotally of a couple instances where National exercised some influence on regional contracts (one at mesa where National refused to sign it, don't recall the circumstances that gave National a vote on that, but I'm sure some mesa alumns do). Not saying the influence was a bad thing in those cases.