Originally Posted by
Lakeaffect
It’s not ALPA deciding to use pilots instead of lawyers to negotiate. It’s required in the RLA to use pilots. ALPA is just following the written rule. Every Union does the same.
Yup, and those pilots are with ALPA lawyers throughout the entire process. Deals are not made at the table, papers are passed at the table and counters are made away from the table with our ALPA lawyers working with our pilot representatives. The idea the company is sending lawyers in who outsmart the gullible pilots at the negotiating table is a tired one. In the end, negotiations are to present an AIP, your reps make it a TA, and the pilots ratify it. Don’t like the end result? Take it up with the 70% of pilots who voted it in or the 6 reps that made it eligible to vote on.