Originally Posted by
slowplay
We are very pleased to announce that our talks with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) have borne fruit in many areas where we have pledged mutual cooperation, including ALPA’s generous offer to provide APA access to ALPA’s extensive capabilities in the area of economic and financial analysis and other related services. It is safe to assert that the relationship between ALPA and APA is the best it’s been in decades. Working together, we can advance the profession far more than acting as competitors.
How "generous" was that offer? Free? Did WE (ALPA) make a profit on it? This is the kind of garbage that has the potential to completely derail your argument. It goes straight to the point that anybody can have access to ALPA's wealth of resources. If they are getting it cheap.. or better yet.. free.. why in the hell should our dues be paying for it? Let's go independent and sponge of the RJ drivers for a change.