Originally Posted by
Spaceman Spliff
None of the above. A good union simply does not exist. Teamsters are in bed with the mafia, and ALPA national is in bed with anyone who will further their corrupt, self-serving, agenda. They'd sleep with a goat for a few bucks. Or Ted Stevens.
Neither gives a rat's ass about you and I.
Neither is worth a dollar a month, let alone what they're demanding for dues.
Simply my own personal experience, if it wasn't for the union (ALPA) I would have been furloughed out of seniority (when they parked my plane), my pay would have been cut up to 65%, the work rules (every bit as important as pay rates) would have gone in the toilet, and when I had a medical problem , it would have taken a great deal longer to get it back then it did. ALPA just authorized $2 mil to our MEC to fight this subcontracting scheme the company is imposing on us and that is way more than they will ever get back in dues for many years, so is it worth it? Time will tell.