Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
I don't know about Delta, but that is totally inaccurate at NWA. Our scope cave-ins have all been due to either bankruptcy, or a strike where the company made it clear they would rather see the company die without it. I wished we would have called their bluff and see if they went ahead and killed the company. A majority of the pilots relented under the pressure. We absolutely NEVER decided that flying wasn't ours.
That's over simplistic in my opinion. The Delta membership is not the problem anymore...if it ever was. The other part of the unity equation that you're ignoring is that ALPA national has decided that their future is tied to the regionals because they've calculated that's where the growth is. Also, the lifers at the regionals know they are never going to a major and will continue to strive to gain more and more flying.
How do we handle those two parts of the unity equation?
Carl
Carl,
First we have to be honest. You have to be honest too:
(1) NWA's MEC SOLD scope. I have your ZipLines. Your MEC bragged they were the first to get "bargaining credits" for outsourcing flying. Our MEC's came to management BEFORE bankruptcy with outsourcing deals. These facts are reported in MEC publications and negotiator's notes that have surfaced. It was a concessionary environment, but the scope sales were held YEARS before bankruptcy filings.
(2) ALPA's President has
NEVER refused to sign a mainline contract. If there is a conflict of interest, I challenge you to find the evidence of that in our negotiations, or our contract.
Carl, you are not alone in getting
politics confused with
facts. I'm not trying to be disrespectful.
Urban legends that lead to decertification drives frustrate me. I wish our pilots would bother to read & educate themselves. Then we would have the political support for the necessary reforms.