Originally Posted by
schone
Maybe its time reassess what ALPA is doing considering not a single ALPA carrier in the last 20 years have reached a good position. Maybe we don't need to be paying those lawyers anymore because obviously we have achived absolutely nothing.
What passenger carrier, ALPA or non-ALPA, has reached a good position within the last 20 years? Aside from SWA, none.
I do not feel that it is possible to accurately picture where our profession would be without ALPA. It is easy to look back and point out where ALPA may have been wrong. Hindsight is always perfect.
The reason that ALPA cannot instantly achieve all that we would like, lies in the RLA and the inherent advantages it gives to the employer. Couple that with the whacked out conservatives appointed to the federal bench and various Federal labor boards and departments since 1980, and it is easy to see that unions face an uphill fight in this country.