Originally Posted by
MD80
Think about all the money wasted at ALPA headquarters in Herndon!
A number of airline pilots are members of independent associations and are doing just fine... Southwest, American, JetBlue, Frontier, UPS to name a few. ALPA National wants (needs) us to believe they have something special...
I haven't seen it.
Having been a committee chairman before for a regional, I can tell you we had a budget just in my committee about 5x what I would have if we were independent!
Also, the examples you gave all have a large percentage of their pilots making a significant slice more than regional pilots, therefore more dues money.
If you are at an airline with ALPA, I suggest you volunteer for a committee if you haven't already (the fact that you are even on here means you care even a little bit about your profession!
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I am not saying ALPA is the end-all be-all, just saying it would be worse for a REGIONAL to go at it alone.
My 2 cents.