Signing an authorization card says you wish the NMB to conduct an investigation/vote for a union. There is a difference though between the ALPA cards and Teamsters. Teamsters cards say if the company chooses to acknowledge the Teamsters, they can. No vote required.


I have a question for the Teamsters supporters. They claim ALPA won't represent Colgan Pilots IF there was a merger with PNCL. Why would the teamsters represent us better? If we merged with PNCL we would become ALPA, Teamsters would lose us, thus they have no reason to want to spend money and man power to support us in a merger.

One more question to those opposed to ALPA because in a merger ALPA will take PNCL side. What is ALPA national's role in a merger, and how will ALPA national help PNCL more then us? What is ALPA's merger policy? If you don't know, you probably shouldn't be saying anything about what ALPA will or won't do.

If we Colgan pilots come together develop a solid relationship with PNCL pilots, and IF A MERGER took place, an agreement could be reached that both sides could live with.

Of course that would require Colgan Pilots to learn how to not be defensive about everything that goes on around us, opening our eyes, and taking a proactive role in our futures. Until we can, no union out there can help us.