Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Dawgs;
I will answer a question with a question. Can DPA do better in this situation for furloughed pilots? Will they have the scope of influence to force the issue on other carriers?
I think any union representing just our interest would do much better. ALPA had the influence and power to affect many issues after 9-11 and didn't. I think some were because of this conflict of interest. Some were benefiting while others were not.
I was honking mad that scope was relaxed and the regionals were allowed to explode. It stifled everyone's career progression. Each Major MEC's bargaining unit and those that voted for it are to blame for these scope changes. (Hindsight is always 20/20 so lets use it) Ch 11 is further to blame. Looking at FAE figures and trying to save them at all costs is to blame. I blame the national lack of unity and a "me" mentality that a name or organizational change will not fix. It has to come from each pilot.
I agree with that all except the organization change part. I think this is the main problem as I stated in previous post. ALPA is a divided house. You know what they say about those.
In fact if you look at the domino that started it all, it started with UsAir and now they are not part of ALPA. Quite coincidental.
Apples to Apples please. They left ALPA for different reasons altogether.
Scope sales were a band aid that did not last. It has in the end lead to where we are today with a great majority of people placing blame every which way. I look at all of it as lessons learned that better never be repeated. Scope sales did not help me one bit. It sure did not help anyone I know.
If you were at a regional at the time, I can't imagine your seniority and QOL getting worse.
I will also state that the regional guys I know want scope tightened at all costs. They hate that they are faced with the possibility that they are stuck.
I think many would like bigger and higher paying equipment. If they sit in the top third and are older why wouldn't they?