Originally Posted by
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Who do we have to replace him?
IMHO I'm sure he'll do great at ALPA national. Probably just needs to walk through the door and he'd already do more than Prater, but frankly, all I care about is DALPA.
To me national is kind of like having your local specialized whatever union representing both the unionized members and the non-unionized members and the illegals hired to do the same job. Until it has a sole purpose of safety of all airlines and the other interests of the mainline and regional pilots is split then I don't think either is getting what they deserve.
I nominate, Carl and Slow for DALPA.
I typed out some really long response to the second paragraph, but the responses might take 1000 posts so I will shorten it.
ALPA, IFALPA and an association of MEC's is very important. Look at what RJET is trying to do with the Star Alliance. You will never see another ALPA group welcome that. Getting rid of National will be like opening up Pandora's Box.
Global Market places needs a global association, and ALPA and IFALPA are it. We just need to fix its issues. Starting over will result in to many opportunities to take pot shots at this profession.