Originally Posted by
fireman0174
F/As at one time were in ALPA. About the time the jumbo jets came along it became obvious with the staffing levels (10 F/As vs. 3 pilots) that they would be in control of ALPA and it would cease to be a union (association) representing pilots.
Well it's quickly becoming a union that is representing regional airline pilots at the expense of mainline pilots. Does anyone know how many regional pilots ALPA represents vs. how many mainline pilots they represent? I think since UsAir is gone, they now represent more regional guys.