Originally Posted by NuGuy

Heyas,

ALPA is already set up to outsource their services. APA, SWAPA, IPA and others already purchase contract services from ALPA National, from aeromedical, to EF&A and others.

That is the strong point to ALPA...it's technical services. Why not take advantage of that and jettison the high priced political baggage?

DAL represents almost %24 of ALPA money. You don't come back after a loss of that kind of revenue, especially when UAL/CAL and probably FDX follow suit. The only possible recourse would be to spin off the technical portion into it's own unit, one which provides technical assistance.

The other would be the representational arm of whoever is left...and it wouldn't be much.

The pilot leaders at the major airlines aren't entirely stupid. They understand the need for mass and representation of the larger issues in DC. The major pilot groups, ALL of them, would group together in a new organization...COPA, maybe, or perhaps other umbrella organization to handle these items. You leave the lobby group to handle national affairs, and negotiations to the individual airlines.

Now you've got all the heavy hitters in one group.

Nu