Originally Posted by Nevets

This is the mentality I'm talking about. Its not that something hasn't worked a half dozen times. Its that there is different amount of leverage from company to company. Mesa for example, they used up most of their leverage in their scope clause in order to reign in their alter ego airline. Like I said, things would have been MUCH MUCH worse without a union at places like Mesa, TSA, etc but people dont understand that and expect that everything should be as if their airline was successful and run by a competent management group. Its just unrealistic to think that ANY union can make things happen in an instant.

Again, my approach is to tell it like it is. ALPA is not omnipotent or perfect. But a union does mitigate a lot of things that would otherwise be worse. If the truth isn't good enough for people than nothing will.