Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Refer to post 17173 & 17171. The irony is that I'm one of the very few Delta pilots who agrees with your ranting about ALPA's scope policy. You're just more abrasive, but your points are mostly valid. MidWest pilots' Reps voted with "mainline" at Executive Board and BOD and the resulting changes to our Constitution and Bylaws which were designed to thwart airlines like Comair and ASA who wished to use ALPA's Merger and Fragmentation policy to pursue mergers as a defense to alter ego replacement flying has now come full circle resulting in the ALPA that is not as effective at providing leadership and job protection that you desire. I'm sure the MidWest contract bears the signature of Chairman, was negotiated by its negotiating committee and ratified by its pilots. You probably did all YOU could do. At my former airline we had throw ALPA's Counsel literally out of the room to get the contracts we got.
You blamed Midwest Pilots for what happened to them by making unsubstantiated claims about their votes without the inconvenience of proof. You blamed ALPA national for being infective in helping Midwest Pilots, but it is not ALPA nationals fault........ yet the signature of the Chairman ratified by the pilots of Midwest who are advised by ALPA national............
Thank you for clearing things up.