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Old 01-03-2011 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Columbia
Agreed. I am curious as to the possible discussions between ALPA and the regional MECs. What would LM say when visiting a regional MEC and asked, "As the ALPA President, how can you help us dues paying members at XXX regional ensure job security, grow, and stop the whip-sawing used to take jobs from us? The majors want to eliminate many of our jobs by taking our big jets. Please keep in mind that many don't want to start over somewhere else as we can't afford to or are not qualified (college degree, PIC time, dui, poor interviewer, etc)."
This is the very essence of ALPA's conflicted representational structure.

Carl
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