we will have a national seniority list just as soon as the US nationalizes all of the airlines. failing that, a proposed "national" union is a dream that won't, can't happen. a national pay scale is something that won't, can't happen. ALPA is an association of unions, not a national union. each MEC is relatively independent, there is no one from a different airline working in my MEC office. What ALPA is, is a way to pool $$ industry wide for a support system, a way to have one phone number for the politicians to call, a way to allow a majority of pilots to vote on the issues that concern us politically and have the ALPA PAC work towards those goals, a way to be able to spread the cost of decent lawyers and accountants and insurance specialists vs your MEC going out and trying to hire folks as needed.

If you only believe in democracy when your own issue wins, then, you don't truly believe in democracy.
I was deeply upset with my fellow americans who voted for an individual who lacked integrity, and apparently didn't even know what the definition of is, is. But I didn't pack up the RV and move to Canada. Because I believe in Democracy, even when the issue doesn't go my way.