Bob,
Do you really think anyone in ALPA listens to you? While some of your points may be valid, you have ZERO credibility in any matters involving ALPA. I don't care how many times you have been furloughed or been on strike. There's alot of us who have been through other carriers' bad times so your personal history gets you no bonus points from your audience.
You don't want to be a member, you don't pay dues and you do not have the ability or desire to roll up your sleeves and provide your...ahem...expertise to your fellow pilots since you refuse to belong to the Union. Do you not realize you are simply wasting everybody's time acting like the airline pilot's oracle?
Do us all a favor, join the Union or go away.