I sent a letter to ALPA national asking if we would take advantage of the current positive press on Sully and crew and remind the public why you want well compensated people flying your aircraft. The response I got was "we can't praise a group of individuals who work for a union that broke away from ALPA".
Then John Prater is a liar. He claims he wants to restore the profession (a dubious claim I'll grant), but in reality to ALPA, it's clearly just about looking out for ALPA. You put it very well when you used the word myopic. I'm no longer employed by an ALPA carrier, but if I were I'd be extremely upset at ALPA's decision to put politics ahead of doing the right thing for the entire industry (well, I am extremely upset about it, I just don't have a voice in changing things anymore).