Originally Posted by sailingfun

I shudder to think what this profession would look like without a national presence in DC. DALPA's work on that level is much like the CIA. You never hear about all the good things they do. You only hear about the failures or percieved failures. Every non ALPA and non union airline in the country has piggy backed off of ALPA's efforts on the national level. At the MEC level each MEC functions as a independent union in most areas including contracts. Ask a USAIR pilot what he thinks of its independent union and the job they have done since they dropped ALPA. Lately the ones I talked with want back in ALPA. Ones comment was consise. USAPA has not delivered on a single promise they made when I voted for them and they may have placed us all in a position of great financial harm depending on court decisions."