If NWA and Delta left ALPA it would perhaps mean the end of ALPA as a national union. The damage that would do long term to this profession would be huge. Most pilots are clueless at what ALPA does accomplish at a national level and via lobbying in DC. Its kind of like the CIA. You only here about their failures, you never hear about their successes. If we give up a national union it would be a grave mistake. ALPA certainly has problems and issues. They need improvement however its our union and we need to step up and make those improvements. ALPA carriers have taken big hits however it has not been because of ALPA. It had been because of failed management and business plans.