Originally Posted by
EXTW
Going from a relative 40% on the original list to a relative 91% on the combined list, and going from Captain to furlough in 11 months is not what I would call doing "OK".
EXTW
No it isn't as a normal, but relatively speaking it's much better than the alternative. I know almost 900 ATA pilots who'd love to trade places with them.
My point is that bashing ALPA National for the tragedy of TWA's bankruptcy, APA's merger policy and 9/11 isn't being true to the facts.
Could ALPA National have done more? Probably. Would it have changed the outcome? Probably not. Either way, the pilot group's own MEC has much more power and responsibility for their fate than National. This goes for both general day-to-day stuff and mergers.