Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Because I do not blame alpa national for the scope sales. I blame pilots selling the bottom of their list to save the top end FAE under a DB plan. Now that that is gone the motivation is too. There have been no scope sales since the DB plans were either frozen or terminated.
Our direction is ultimately what directs our reps and then the MEC Administration and the Negotiating Committee.
The same issues still currently exist at independent unions and their scope is much more restrictive. I would anticipate you will bring up bankruptcy. Let me save you a post. I would then respond as to why the airlines with better scope managed to stay out of bankruptcy and the ones with weak scope entered into it. Weak scope makes a weak airline. I said it before, ALPA is more worried about ALPA, not our airline or its pilots, just about membership. As an independent union, we would manage our own airline's affairs free from ALPA tutelage and an ALPA agenda. An agenda which usually runs counter to the Delta Pilot's wants and needs. Look no further than the last few months.