Originally Posted by
eaglefly
..........but it isn't even on the same planet as the commuting commuter pilot, now is it ?
There's little true urgency to change the system because those at the top don't live where they crap. Many years ago, ALPA trumpeted "One level of Safety".
Where did it go ?
The grand buffets in Herndon haven't disappeared, but the lifestyle of half the airline pilots in this country (and almost half of ALPA's coffers) has plummeted to become basic survival......Ramen noodles and crewroom couches.
GMAFB...........That dog won't hunt.
Sympathy from Herndon is useless.
Hey wait a minute, give them SOME credit. They've learned a lot at ALPA. Just last week, they followed the lead of great airline managements and imposed; yes IMPOSED a cutback filled contract on their own union employees.
Who would have thought a UNION who claims to fight for us poor working stiffs would have the balls to do to their own people what airline management does to us? And just like airline management, they kept their fat paychecks and benefits untouched.
I want to be the ALPA General Manager and make $400,000.00 a year. Or the head lawyer over there who makes the same. And get a bunch of low paid pilots to pay my way. And then screw the employees. So what it they take it out on the pilots, right? I got mine.