Originally Posted by
mustache ride
If you strongly feel this way, perhaps you should try getting involved and making your ideas known...instead of posting them on a forum, where they do nothing. I don't think it's as easy as putting posters up in airports...but people should know. Remember that ALPA (at least locally) is a group of your co-workers trying to make things better...if you've got good ideas, share!
I've shared my ideas with my ALPA MEC, but they have no control over the large scale marketing strategy at ALPA national. My beef is not and has never been with my MEC.
I have also shared these ideas with ALPA national. I got a response about how busy they were with safety agenda's and CREWpass. Seriously, we all know how highly ALPA national prioritizes regional issues. It's very easy to put the blame on me for not sharing my ideas, but at the national level, lets be honest, its not my union, especially because I'm furloughed.
I also understand that it will take more than posters. However, I'm sure that ALPA pays for marketing, and those people understand what it would take.