Actually, if pilots had a professional society that wasn't associated with the union, more would get done in the area of safety than is done now. You can see this in the fact that the AOPA has done more for general aviation safety than has ALPA for 121 safety.

ALPA has been lobbying for years to get the fatigue rules changed. Now they are being considered, not because of ALPA, but because of the BUF crash. Sad but true; if you want to do your part for air safety, find out what is wrong and crash your plane because of it. If we had an independent professional society that sets standards, much like other professionals have(engineers, doctors, lawyers, etc), we could do way more in the area of safety.