Originally Posted by ATCsaidDoWhat

ALPA is a very troubled organization. In the time since our current President has been in office, carriers have been lost, 3 representation elections have gone down in flames, JetBlue said "no thanks" and the list of failures goes on.

Even with the apologists and head bobbers who are told what to post here the fact is the emperor has no clothes and knows it. So he sends out his minnions at the command of Bruce York to do his bidding. For those who don't know Bruce, he's the $400,000.00/ yr. senior lawyer who drives the representation and negotiating busses and decides when it's time to cram a contract down your throat. Don't like it? He sends in the $400,000.00/ yr. General Manager Jalmer Johnson; who tells your MEC and Negotiating Committee to take the deal and sell it, or your money get's cut off. Just wait til the AirTran guys find out he's starting to sandbag their negotiations. But keep sending those dues dollars!

The real fun starts when your MEC or committees dare to stand up to them. That's when Bruce starts his smear campaigns through the Representation office.

What we forget is that ALPA is not a union, it's an "association." Which means him with the most gold, makes the rules for everyone else. That's why the rules changed to give the big guys voting control over the little guys. Now there's only one really big guy left. And when he decides that he wants AirTran gone, Bruce will turn on them like he has on everyone else. Because it's not about protecting your job, it's about protecting his paycheck that you are making possible by paying your dues.

I say we stop paying dues until the senior management and elected officers take the same paycut as everyone else. Let's demand our MEC's pass resolutions to change the rules to require the elected National officers and General Manager to take a pay cut down to the level of a Regional F/O. If they want a bonus, they better get some work done on job security and pay. And stop sucking up to the DAL MEC. They're gonna run ALPA in two years anyway and get rid of all of us since we're in the way. Why put our money into their wallets?