Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Your ideas might work, but they would take a great deal of time within the ALPA bureauacracy. I don't think we have time on our side.
The success of UPS and Southwest's unions are templates for us. A large strong union whose efforts and dues money are TOTALLY focused on what is best for Delta Air Lines' pilots.
Carl
Carl,
I agree with you that it would probably take a while to change ALPA and that ALPA in its present state sucks. But, I also believe that bigger is better. Unfortunately, ALPA does not use its size to do anything. They seem to only want to get bigger for the sake of getting bigger and not to ever "get" anything for its members.
If we could get some new leadership at the National and MEC levels and take politics out the mix, it would go a long way.
The main reason I say this is because of this:
AIR Conference - Airline Industrial Relations Conference
Our employers seem to have a legal way to conspire against us for every negotiation. Within this conference, they have the ablity to whip-saw major against major, commuter against commuter, LCC against LCC, and every possibe combination in between.
Because of this, I think we as pilots need the lines of communication open between all the pilot groups. It would be nice if we could have someone that could use those lines to put together an effective strategy to advance the profession.
I've go to cut is short (stuff to do), but flame away.
New K Now