Originally Posted by
mshunter
I've been saying this for a long time. APLA SUCKS! They are one reason why I have no desire to go 121.
I am not against unions. I am against poor unions. ALPA has done nothing but get pushed around by airline management for the last 10-15 years. You guy's would be better of ditching ALPA and starting a new union! Onw with some balls!
My opinion, but I view ALPA as being threatened that lower paying upstarts will be created to pawn flying off of its member carriers. And that's fewer dues that ALPA would collect...
If the non-ALPA represented carrier is at all successful, it only illustrates that there are alternatives to being ALPA represented. They don't want that; not at all.
It's a money pump, plain and simple.