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)."
My first point if I were Lee would be that job security in a contract business is a falacy. True security comes from flying for the pilot group with exclusivity with the company that creates the code. Lets start there. Everyone is a third part contractor and the security they have is measured by the ability to get these contracts.
I would then state that if you want true job security, security that will last longer than the 10 year term of your ASA, you as a pilot group and we as a national union need to find a way to return as much flying as possible to the majors. In the same breath my I would state that though our association and each MEC working together ALPA pilots from these carriers should be hired and or given those jobs.
By doing this your job security will last longer than a ASA contract, and over time your QOL would increase. There are ideas that would protect the senior RJ driver from the junior seniority QOL stealing jr major pilots, but first everyone would need to listen.