OMG, I agree with capn'!!!! Very valid point.....Its as close as it can get while still complying with the RLA....I wish it was a true trade union in the strictest of definitions, but it isn't, we are pretty much just a "very strong association" of unions.

To the true ALPA by-law guru's: Why does the ALPA National president have to sign all collective bargaining agreements in order for them to be put in effect? Does that mean that it is a true national union or not? Or is it to confirm that the CBA complies with the C&BL of the Association?



***ALPA and other airline workers' unions had a MAJOR FAILURE when they didn't lobby/force Congress to place airline unions under the NLRA when the Airline De-Regulation Act passed in 1978.....Bad move and hurt ALL of our careers some 32 years ago.