Originally Posted by FXLAX

Just because the masses don’t agree doesn’t mean it’s not true.

You didn’t argue any of the points I made on why it’s not a conflict of interest. You simply mentioned subsidization, which does happen. My point is that that is irrelevant because that money isn’t being used in a way that is negative to mainline pilots. In essence, it’s equivalent to those things you mentioned, aeromedical, safety, security, etc.

If you want to have a conversation on how dues money is allocated, then that’s a different one.

I’ll reiterate again. Mainline management negotiates with mainline pilots on what to scope in/out. Whatever isn’t scoped in, mainline management puts it up to bid and awards it to the lowest bidder. That regional airline now negotiates with their pilots on the rates of pay and working conditions of the flying that mainline pilots couldn’t/wouldn’t scope in. The results of the regional pilots negotiations have absolutely no impact on mainline pilots because it’s for flying they are not going to do anyway.

For example, if they negotiated some exorbitant rate of pay for their 76 RJ flying, it’s not taking away from mainline pilots because they’ve already made their bed. Mainline pilots’ negotiations have already been finalized by the time regional management is negotiating with regional pilots. Nothing that comes of that can change what already happened at mainline.

If you can argue the points in that last paragraph above, fine. I’ll be happy to have that conversation. But if you just want to have a conversation on dues allocation, I’ll leave that to someone else.