Originally Posted by
Fly4hire
I hear this all the time, but no one has ever shown me the alchemy of how it will work - the career progression at the regional involves taking it out of the growth of the mainline unless you define career progression as moving up to the mainline. Most of the younger dudes want that, however the senior pilots controlling the regional MEC's are lifers and want that growth and career progression in the form of more and larger airplanes at their regional.
The pie is only so big and can only be sliced up so many ways.
that is exactly the problem with ALPA. They have to represent to apposing forces and try and make everyone happy so they can continue to collect dues. ALPA is run more like a business now and has lost just all credibility as a union. That must be fixed and overhauled or a new representation should be found. I have always been more on the ALPA side of things but there is only so many times you can drop the ball before people realize that maybe you cant be trusted to hold it anymore.
I have hope that ALPA can be fixed but it will only happen if we have leaders that are really in position to fight for the pilots they represent.