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Yep, and don't forget, because of all that union experience and know how, the Virgin guys tried to organize their own in-house union, VALPA, which failed the first time around on a technicality. The second time around via ALPA worked, however.
I don't think any start-up has ever had a union on property from day one, but at VX, as soon as was possible, an effort was made to organize.
I will also add, VX pilots adding ALPA to the property was done with the highest voter turnout to bring the union on, in ALPAs history. Do we see a trend here? Highest voter turnout to bring ALPA on at VX. Instrumental in contributing to the biggest informational picket in ALPA history, and instrumental in contributing to the unprecedented strike vote, a first for AS pilots.