Originally Posted by
pipercub
It will never come as to many are not engaged at all. It maybe less than 40 Percent of the pilots even paying attention at this part. Most go to work go home and wait for a VFN to grab to make some extra money. For ALPA to be a real force for change they would need a large Majority to be in favor and if that was the case they should have had enough cards by now. Since they have been silent most likely they do not have the support to push the issue or to have a large majority of the pilots. The shut down may also keep anything from moving forward even if a majority was ready to go.
The ALPA drive has stalled out, not bc it wasn't collecting cards rapidly, BUT, you are correct my friend. Many have disengaged because they took the bate from GU. To move the goal post and give a "glimpse" of hope with the union's comprehensive proposal. An absolute majority want ALPA but many have now fallen for the "trick", that passing the comprehensive proposal was the union's move to be more "reasonable". Even though some things in the comprehensive proposal are beyond unreasonable, and they continue to die on the the hill of unstacking. Which majority of pilots don't care. Now with the goverment shut down, and negotiations getting major set backs on stalling, the union can claim that they are willing but the company isn't.
It's not over yet, because depending on what the outcome of the elections are, and how GU handles himself, the ALPA drive might pick up again. God only knows what else will shake this place with so many talks of possible mergers in the industry. So buckle up folks, it's about to get interesting.