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Old 12-20-2020, 07:14 AM
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NonPoliticalPilot
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Originally Posted by galaxy flyer View Post
Many moons ago, I was at a 135 charter operator and we tried to start a union. We even succeeded in the certification. What did I learn? If you need a union, you need to find another job. It was costly, guys got fired or trashed reputations in the fight for nothing.

They’re great at big 121 lines, at stepping stone operations, move on.


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This is bad advice. I was represented by ALPA at a regional with about 300 pilots. Worth every penny, they effectively fought management every step of the way and secured thousands for the pilots in back pay, contract signing bonuses etc. It is my understanding that ALPA represents pilot groups with as little as 50 pilots, though I'm not sure if they represent 135 operations
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