Originally Posted by
1515greenlight
Now that's an interesting prespective. SWAPA, IPA, APA, IBTAD, NATCA and others united as an industry group to work for the betterment of all and the mutual support of each other.
NATCA is not a CAPA member organization, although they do occasionally work together. NATCA probably spends more time working with ALPA, however.
In any case, I challenge any of the CAPA member unions to point out anything that CAPA has accomplished without ALPA leading the way.
Which would explain why they keep getting asked by Senators and Congressmen, "Where's ALPA?" "Why is this the first time I've heard about this?" (Aer Lingus UAL)
A fine story, but just that: a story. It doesn't quite jive with the facts.
Does the writer have specific working knowledge of the "worthlessness" of CAPA. Curious, since his limited airline experience is with ALPA carriers.
I'm currently a member of a CAPA member union, the NPA. Unfortunately, I'm all too familiar with the worthlessness of CAPA.
Seems to me that an organization like CAPA who is willing to stand up for the profession should be welcomed, not called "completely worthless."
I'm sure that the pilots who are part of CAPA will be thrilled to know that they are part of a "worthless" organization.
CAPA could possibly cease being useless if the organization would change the way it does business. Unanimous consent is no way for an organization to get anything done. It basically limits CAPA to only working on safety and security issues, because you can never get the full CAPA BOD to unanimously agree on just about anything else. Even a 2/3 majority requirement would be a step in the right direction, but requiring unanimous consent to take a position on an issue is a prohibitive policy.