Beech,

This paragraph came from the article.

"I think the NSL should be based on your DOH at any 121 carrier. This allows APA, SWAPA, otherwise affiliated and unafiliated pilots to get on board. I think that 100% endorsement of the NSL by 121 pilot groups is essential, even if they are not ALPA represented."

This leaves out one of the largest pilot pools, and I would argue the group the majors most consistently look to for potential employment, the x-military guy. There is no way a guy hired with 250 hours (even 1000 hours) at a regional, should be granted a national seniority number just because it's a 121 carrier. I look at the regionals as a stepping stone to the majors, just as many have used the military.

Even so, how can you argue a national list? We don't work for ALPA, we work for individual airlines. And as I stated earlier, there's a conflict of interest for regional pilots to be represented by the same union as the majors.