Can we get back to the thread topic.

My personal opinion is that we would be better off hiring a professional lobbying group than forming a new union. What would a new union do for us that the existing one doesn't? Would a new regional union have things like the accident teams, critical incident teams, aeromedical support, legal aid and all the other crap that ALPA has if you really get in a pinch....
Why reinvent the wheel?

I'd rather spend some money, targeted directly where it needs to go, like into a Political Action Committee.... which by the way ALPA has one of those already... how many of you put your money where your mouth is? 5 less cups of coffee per month gets the ALPA-PAC $120 a year.... with ~60,000 members that is 7.2 million per year to make the politicians see it our way.