[QUOTE=FR8Hauler]
Originally Posted by rjlavender
"In other words, pay your dues or shut up."
Yes, Bob this is very good advice. Don't bother walking into a VP's office and speaking for me on an issue. I think I will stick with my ALPA negotiating committee instead of some hair brain who thinks he is better than the rest of us. If you have something to say I will listen after you pay your dues. The long and the short of it is Bob, you are cheap. You will be the first to come crying to ALPA and the FedEx crewforce to get your job back if you ever #$%@ something up and get fired. We have all seen it before Bob.
I want to thank Bob for trying to discuss the issue with a VP. Again ALPA is stuck behind it's own curve. Tell me why we voted ALPA back in in the first place. If I recall it was because ALPA had deep pockets, actually ALPA thanks Fedex pilots for having deep pockets. We were told how being part of a National union would give us such a great advantage over our independant FPA. The sad fact is that ALPA was weak and ineffective six years ago and in a far worse condition today. The only good contract signed by ALPA in recent times is for the ALPA employees, not ALPA members.
Prior to having a union I believe one pilot was fired, and stayed fired. With the union protection I've lost count.
ALPA does do some fine work but they are mired in the muck of the past. They have failed to adapt to a very fast changing world and face a very bleak future.