Originally Posted by
Superdad
Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't each PILOT group vote on every scope relief decision. I believe there is not one single instance of ALPA forcing any pilot group into relieving scope to benefit a regional pilot group, is there.
Stop blaming ALPA for the votes of the majority on each property. Regardless of whatever the new prez writes, he does not decide scope relief or restoration on ANY ALPA property.
We all need to look in the mirror to solve this problem. The best thing for mainline pilots and regional pilots alike is to get rid of as many RJ's as possible. The only way to do that is to realize that WE, as in mainline pilots, are the ones who gave that flying away to begin with.
I agree that the decision to relax scope was voted on by each specific mainline pilot group and never came from ALPA National.
However, the decision NOT to relax scope never came from ALPA National either.
Personally, I feel as though ALPA National should have made some basic, concrete guidelines a long time ago. One of these basic concrete guidelines should have been scope plain and simple. The entire discussion of an individual pilot group considering to relax scope in exchange for a pay raise should not even be open for discussion period.
Therein lies the problem with ALPA, ALPA National will take dues from any pilot group without question. ALPA National seems to run more like a business looking out for their own self interests as opposed to an organized labor group looking out for it's members.
ALPA National doesn't seem to give that much guidance to it's pilot groups, instead they allow each group to vote on any piece of regurgitated contract proposal kicked down from management.
ALPA serves under the guise of unity with strength in numbers, but ALPA National will sit by idly while one ALPA group is allowed to whipsaw another ALPA pilot group. While I am not saying ALPA National should be voting on our contract, I do believe that ALPA National needs some backbone principles to stand on that are not negotiable. If a pilot group decided to try and vote below or against these principles, ALPA National should reject that pilot group as a whole.
But then again...ALPA National was never one to turn down money or members.