Couple of questions regarding the USAir USAPA thing:

1) ALPA is losing 5,000 + pilots (I believe) paying around 1.95% (I believe). What economic impact will this have to ALPA as a whole? How much money is this in dollar terms, and what percentage of ALPA's revenues are derived from USAir? Will ALPA's loss of revenue lead to a decline in services to ALPA members at other airlines?

2) West pilots (I think around 1,700) will probably not join. What protections do they have (gievances, job actions by company, etc)?

3) Is it better for a West pilot to join USAPA for whatever services they can provide, or be uncovered?

4) What happens to any of the ongoing job actions, grievances, etc that ALPA was in the middle of on behalf of USAir pilots now that USAPA has won? Will ALPA finish these, or does USAPA take over immediately? If a West guy, who voted for ALPA was fighting a job action or grievance right now, would he need to join USAPA immediately to continue to recieve support, or is he just screwed?

Sorry for the questions - everybody is arguing the bigger issues, but the devil is in the details. I am interested in knowing how this will all work.