Originally Posted by
drummerguy
Will Alpa hold informational meetings in IAH? I think as a pilot group we need as much information as possible. Pretty much everyone I know wants a union at Colgan now, however, there are a lot of pilots afraid of what Alpa will do to us in terms of the Scope. I realize the importance of a united group (both pilot groups 9e and 9l) and I feel that the company under ALPA would still be Colgan flying props and Pinnacle flying jets, however, there are a lot of people afraid. That is what is fueling the Teamsters/ALPA debate. At the end of the day, I think pretty much everyone agrees we need representation of some kind be it ALPA or Teamsters.
exactly. The majority do want a union, that is now a nonissue.
I hear this argument A LOT from people who want Teamsters... concerns regarding scope and merging of seniority.
I personally feel like it would be very beneficial for the success of this ALPA drive if someone(s) of some sort of official capacity, whether from ALPA or Pinncle MEC, would come out to the Colgan group and addressed this very issue. especially to the guys who need to hear it - those who are too lazy or prejudiced to come out and hear ALPA's pitch. (I know next week's meeting may address it, but obviously the only people who will make the effort to show up are pilots who already want ALPA.)