Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
It has been done, and will probably be done again.
P2P is being started up again with the intention of it being a standing committee going forward. I too strongly beleive in education of the pilot group. I spend many LAYO's doing just that. You are correct, most guys do not know and many do not care. I do submit that the information is out there if you seek it. Websites like this have made it very easy for the lazy pilot to up his level of knowledge ten fold by just reading the back and forth.
Add to it what ALPA National is doing with the education committee, all of the e-mails DALPA sends out about contracts sections, Retirement and Insurance, etc, if one just keeps up on that reading their level of knowledge goes up a ton. It does take work though. Most just want the answer they need at the moment they need it though.
Sure, the information is out there, but you have to make it EASY for it to be obtained...unfortunately, the Complete-the-Mission-Pilots will not religiously read emails from ALPA. They
WILL read one of those yellow sheets that we find in our v files
IF it were stapled to their Jepp Revisions! If they don't read that, I am sure a sharp FO or CA will have their copy and be happy to let them study it.
Emails are great for hotel updates, but not for something this important... IMO of course.