Originally Posted by
AAL24
I’ve flown with 3 current or former chief pilots at AAL. All 3 were heavily involved with APA in the past. It’s a revolving door and you don’t want to make too many waves while working for APA or you might lose that future cushy mgt job. After 20+ years of bringing up the rear it’s time to switch to ALPA.
Same stuff happens with (D)ALPA. The company recently created a new management position called Director-Pilot Contract Administration and Support, and filled it with a long time ALPA insider. 20+ years in ALPA, was a negotiator and knows our contract (good and bad) better than most. The naive side of me wants to say this could be good, but the realistic side says it likely won't be in our favor lol. Not saying it's not worth a switch to ALPA, just that it's the same crap, different pile in this respect. Best of luck gents!