Part of the problem is each MEC at each airline basically runs itself. The problem with ALPA isn't that it doesn't represent regional or mainline pilots equally.... it only represents an active pilot group. If your local MEC and pilots at your company don't stick up for themselves, you'll get walked on regardless if your mainline or regional.

The solution isn't a regional only union... there is strength in numbers, and further segregating pilot groups isn't the answer. A better solution would be more strict rules from ALPA National.
Provide a basic ALPA pilot contract that lists all the generic items that should be in our contracts.... then modify the ALPA by-laws such that no MEC is authorized to sign a contract for anything less than that basic contract.
Some things would vary from company to company... example; the pay section would cover every type aircraft, or every type by seating capacity (however you wanted to break it down) and establish minimum pay for an ALPA pilot on that equipment. Each airline only pulls from the national basic contract the parts that apply at their airline.

As long as our MEC's are allowed to operate as completely seperate bargaining entities there will be no unified progress, and it makes no difference if it is ALPA, or Regional ALPA.... without a unified bargaining position we won't win.

ALPA national supposedly already has a committee working on a industry general contract.

I love how much people come on here and beoitch about everything at their airlines, and yet hardly ever show up at a union meeting. Then when elections ARE held... 2% vote. You people are pathetic. Do you think management doesn't notice that only 2% of the pilot work force bothers to vote in their own union.

Grow up, stop complaining, and start acting...

and yes, portions of that were also rhetorical in nature....