Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Why are you writing to ALPA. You should be taking this up with your airlines management.
If management perceives a want, they'll happily charge the pilot group some negotiating capital for the privilege since it costs them nothing. Changing the status quo is not free in RLA land.
Assuming management assesses that bearded pilots won't harm their brand image... some folks over age 50 or 60 associate most facial hair with dope-smoking bohemians, and it turns out those are the people with time and money to travel.
So yes, your union is the place to start, they'll have to trade something with management which means a significant % of the pilot group will need to be cool with that.
Some companies might do it unilaterally if they think it would help them recruit & retain pilots.