I have no dog in this fight. I am old and retired and I don't and didn't work for United but I did work for American.
The APA boards point to the United example as one of Unity. The junior members see the United ALPA pilots as a group showing true unity.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...oid-job-losses
Meanwhile at APA -
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2...ts-in-october/
I will leave it up to the readers of this board as to which method is the most acceptable. Two different unions two different decisions. I will say this, that APA tried to mitigate furloughs and had a number of leave types available. The company wants to shrink. United open it's ask with some major scope relief. It is my understanding that they didn't get it.
Holding an opinion on either side of this issue does not make one a bad unionist to my way of thinking.