You asked what we can live without?
Originally Posted by
winglet
ALPA is slowly losing the battle against greed and mismanagement(Is that within ALPA?). Airline managers are accomplishing their goals through tactics such as whipsaw and outsourcing. These tactics only work when ignorant, apathetic, uninformed pilots allow them to exist.
Although I have a lot of complaints against ALPA myself, here is something ALPA has done for you:
Successorship
Scope- Sold out
Scheduled or Actual
Cancellation Pay
Premium Pay
Min Bid Guarantee
Lodging
Transportation- They're buying us cars now?
Uniforms- I love flying nekkid
Parking
Moving Expenses
Deadhead Pay
Vacation- Sometimes called furlough
Sick Leave- FMLA is the law
Leaves of Absence
Medical Leave
Military Leave- The Law again
Association Leave- Only for officers
Funeral Leave
Jury Duty- The law again
Training Bid
Paid Training
Rest Requirements
Preferential Bidding- Are you serious?
Schedule Adjustment Period
Golden Days-of aviation...long gone
FLiCA (Swaps, Drops, Trades, Etc.)
Call Me First/Call Me Last-don't call me
Minimum Ready Reserve Pay- We shouldn't even have ready(airport)
Seniority-no national list, been promised since the '60's
Recall from Furlough-Alright...I'm getting recalled
Grievances
System Board of Adjustment
Health Insurance-hope the ASA guys read this
Etcetera...
This list doesn't include practically every airline safety feature ever introduced in the history of airlines. Believe me, there would be no airlines without ALPA.(Wonder what other union rep'd pilots think about that)
Ask yourself which ones you could live without...
winglet
Sorry, but the rosources at ALPA are fantastic, they are just beholden to those who pay more in dues as a perentage of pay and probably rightfully so.
And BTW, not trying to start something, just may be offer differing view, and possibly make a couple people chuckle