Originally Posted by
180ToAJ
I imagine this thread is going to snowball rapidly, but hopefully there will be an answer before it does.
Why is the hate for ALPA so strong amongst some pilots? It is a level of disgust similar to AOC supporter’s opinion of Trump, and vice versa.
I understand the loss of pension, contract negotiations since, and the current age 67 stance. I have read Flying The Line.
I have brought it up a few times in the cockpit and it usually turns sideways. Understandably, it’s a sensitive subject filled with emotion. The answers were usually broad statements about ALPA being self serving followed by me being dismissed and moving on to another subject.
Is there anything besides age 67 and pensions being replaced?
It’s easier to rant against and hate something that it is to actually understand why things function the way they do.
Everyone in the airlines is also sheltered from what working in a non union industry has been like for the last 40 years. Even the non union carriers are propped up by the union carriers and the effects of the RLA.