Thread: ALPA's purpose
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Old 03-18-2009, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar View Post
ALPA's purpose is to bring pilots together to bargain collectively to improve pay and working conditions to better our profession.

However, since they decided to blow off the whole idea of unionism, they have an ever decreasing amount of leverage. The result is a negative trend line of lower highs and lower lows.

In the absence of unionism, safety remains ALPA's moral high ground.

I wish they would look at scope as a safety issue. If they did, could they live with the scattered wreckage of pilots career aspirations?
WOW! After your first sentence, I was preparing to fire off, but then I read the rest. Excellent perspective. ALPA is no more a union than the Augusta Country Club. If it's in their best interest to sell you out, they'll do it in a heartbeat.
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